Trapp Family Austrian Relief

The Trapp Family Austrian Relief Inc. is an initiative of the von Trapp family, about 150 tons of relief supplies were brought to Austria during the.

In January 1947, Major General Harry J. Collins turned to the von Trapp family in the United States. The U.S. officer had come with the famous 42nd Rainbow Division to Salzburg and described the sufferings of the Austrians after the Second World War. The Trapp family reacted spontaneously and founded the Trapp Family Austrian Relief Inc. as a registered association of Austria - Help, based in Stowe, Vermont. As the founder and first president Georg von Trapp was added, was President Maria von Trapp, treasurer Franz Wasner.

" The country that has a Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and the Silent Night given to the world, will perish if we do not help any of you. Everyone knows of the states in the larger European countries, but hardly anyone realizes what is going on in Austria, where the population is almost about to lose courage and hope. "

On 29 September 2007 was awarded Tizzy von Trapp Walker on behalf of the Trapp family for this relief effort and the associated advocacy of Austria in Braunau am Inn in the 16th Braunau Contemporary History Days with the Egon Ranshofen - Wertheimer price. The award ceremony, held Ambassador Emil Brix.