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They were specialist soldiers of the German Army in World War I. In the last years of the war, they were trained to fight with "infiltration tactics", part of the Germans' new method of attack on enemy trenches.

a thin slice of veal or other light meat, coated in breadcrumbs and fried.

A Benedictine monastery in Salzburg, Austria. Founded c. 712/715 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg, it is the oldest continuously existing nunnery in the German-speaking world.

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A European mountain plant that has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy gray-green leaves.

Political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938. Mooted in 1919 by Austria with Germany, remained a hope (chiefly with Austrian Social Democrats) during 1919–33, after which Hitler's rise to power made it less attractive.

Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud.

A candidate, especially one seeking admission into a religious order.

A children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch others.

The lender in a mortgage, typically a bank

The official name of the war flag and war ensign used by the German armed forces from 1867 to 1945. A total of seven different designs were used during this period.

a title or form of address used of or to a German-speaking man, corresponding to Mr. and also used before a rank or occupation.

A service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day).

The basic monetary unit of the former German Democratic Republic, equal to 100 pfennigs.

A cloth headdress covering the head, the neck, and the sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns.

On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany.

A dance in triple time performed by a couple who as a pair turn rhythmically around and around as they progress around the dance floor.

the period or state of being a novice, especially in a religious order.

An ugly dwarf who teaches a young girl how to make straw into gold thread by using a spinning wheel.

A member of a Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity. They were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing, whirling, or howling according to the practice of their order.

Naval Base Bremerhaven. Bremerhaven was one of the main bases for the German navy and was therefore exposed to much heavy bombing from the Allies. ... The Flugplatz (German airfield where the base was located now closed and used commercially) was not hit.

A prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Bell tolled in the morning, at noon, and in the evening at the Abbey; a Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation and a devotion in memory of the Annunciation.

The best DTASC scene NDA has ever done that relates to the time period of the Sound of Music