 | The Thirty Years'' War and German Memory in the Nineteenth Century Subjects: Germany -- History -- 19th century -- Historiography; Collective memory -- Germany; National characteristics German -- Historiography; Thirty Years’ War 1618–1648 -- Social aspects -- Germany; The Sound of Music endeared Georg von Trapp (1880OCo1947) and his singing family to the world, and it also showed us how desperately the Nazis wanted Captain von Trapp for their navy. In To the Last Salute we learn why. TrappOCOs own story of his exploits as a submarine commander during the First World War is as exciting as it is instructive, bringing to stirring life a little-known chapter in the naval history of that war." Kevin Cramer is an associate professor of history at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. |
