'Sound of Music' child returns to Salzburg villa

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: July 26, 2008| Author: Veronika Oleksyn Associated Press | Copyright information

VIENNA, Austria -- Seventy years after fleeing the Nazis, a woman whose family was immortalized in "The Sound of Music" has returned to Austria to visit her former home.

"I'm back home again," 93-year-old Maria von Trapp told reporters in Salzburg Friday after spending several nights in her childhood house, which has been transformed into a hotel.

Located in a posh part of Salzburg, the "Villa Trapp" once belonged to the von Trapps, who gained global fame in the 1965 blockbuster ...

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