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<strong>The</strong>n tragedy struck. Agathe contracted scarlet fever.<br />
Today, scarlet fever can be controlled with antibiotics, but<br />
back then it had a tendency to turn deadly. <strong>The</strong> doctors<br />
could not save Agathe, and she died in 1922.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Trapp</strong> family home was now filled with sadness and<br />
constant reminders of the lost Agathe. Georg decided to move<br />
the family to a large new home near Salzburg, Austria. He<br />
hoped that the new surroundings would help him and the<br />
children to heal.<br />
Once there, Georg found several governesses to help<br />
take care of the children. But they could not fill the emptiness<br />
Agathe’s death created. That would change when the captain<br />
began searching for a tutor for one of his daughters and hired<br />
a young woman named Maria. In the years to come, she would<br />
not only help the family heal, but also make them famous.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Trapp</strong> family lived in Austria, a nation in central Europe.<br />
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