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Preface | v | |
0 | Introduction | 1 |
1 | Maria from her grandparents to her wedding | 7 |
1.1 | Maria's ancestors, paternal line | 7 |
1.1.1 | Josef Kutschera, Maria's paternal grandfather | 7 |
1.1.2 | Anna Rittner, Maria's paternal grandmother | 12 |
1.1.3 | Josef, Anna, and family 1852 to 1867 | 13 |
1.1.4 | Anna and family 1869 to 1887 | 16 |
1.1.5 | Karl Kutschera and Clara, née Reiner 1887 to 1888 | 19 |
1.1.6 | Jacques, Anna, and Maria Deininger 1891 to 1902 | 23 |
1.1.7 | Karl again 1903 | 25 |
1.2 | Maria's ancestors, maternal line | 28 |
1.2.1 | Katharina Hatzmann, Maria's maternal grandmother | 28 |
1.2.2 | Karl Reiner and his ancestors | 30 |
1.2.3 | Katharina Hatzmann 1870 to 1873 | 38 |
1.2.4 | Karl Reiner's ancestors, once more | 39 |
1.2.5 | Karl and Katharina Reiner and their daughters 1873 to 1903 | 44 |
1.3 | Maria 1905 to 1915 | 48 |
1.3.1 | Karl Kutschera and Augusta Reiner 1903 | 48 |
1.3.2 | Maria Reiner and Franz Mayer 1904 | 49 |
1.3.3 | Maria's birth 1905 | 50 |
1.3.4 | Digression: Maria and Tyrol | 54 |
1.3.5 | Augusta's death and the family 1905 to 1906 | 56 |
1.3.6 | The Kramer-Kutschera connection | 59 |
1.3.7 | The Kramer family | 60 |
1.3.8 | Maria's childhood and the Kramers 1906 to 1914 | 64 |
1.3.9 | Maria and her father 1906 to 1915 | 68 |
1.4 | Maria 1916 to 1927 | 74 |
1.4.1 | "Uncle Franz" and school 1916 to 1919 | 74 |
1.4.2 | Farewell to the Kramers and to Karl Kutschera jr. | 77 |
1.4.3 | Becoming a teacher 1919 to 1924 | 80 |
1.4.4 | And becoming religious again? 19XX to 1924 | 86 |
1.4.5 | Coming to Salzburg and Nonnberg Abbey school 1924 to 1925 | 91 |
1.4.6 | From Nonnberg to the Trapps 1926 to 1927 | 97 |
1.5 | Maria the streamlined version | 105 |
2 | The Trapp family until early 1938 | 119 |
2.1 | Family | 119 |
2.2 | War | 127 |
2.3 | Citizenship and titles | 132 |
2.4 | Business and finance | 137 |
2.5 | Music | 145 |
2.6 | Father Franz Wasner | 154 |
2.7 | Politics and patriotism | 157 |
2.8 | Summary: The Trapps until early 1938 | 165 |
3 | The Trapps and Austria/Germany in 1938/1939 | 175 |
3.1 | March to September 1938 Maria's recollections | 176 |
3.2 | March to October 1938 other family recollections | 181 |
3.3 | Analysis | 187 |
3.3.1 | The "flag incident" | 187 |
3.3.2 | The visit to Munich | 188 |
3.3.3 | The Vienna "invitation" to Rupert | 190 |
3.3.4 | The German Navy's "invitation" to Georg | 194 |
3.3.5 | Singing for Hitler? The Trapps and Germany | 198 |
3.3.6 | Leaving "Austria" in 1938 | 211 |
3.4 | Digression: The Villa Trapp 1938 to 1948 | 219 |
3.5 | 1939: USA "Austria" USA | 223 |
3.6 | Synthesis | 232 |
4 | Afterword | 239 |
References | 241 |
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