So, what happened in the Thirties? Let’s see: increasing oppression of everyone as Hitler consolidated power, purged the SA, burnt the Reichstag to get emergency powers, enacted anti-Jewish laws, killed and persecuted opponents and former friends, used mob violence and “nacht und nibbel” to do so. So let’s suppose there was no way of knowing back in 1933 that Hitler was going to go for world conquest and genocide of all untermenschen. What happened in the thirties was enough to scare any decent-minded person in Austria from applying for membership in the Nazi party, whose stated goal was to swallow up Austria. Herr Von Trapp of Saltzberg was outspoken in his distaste for Nazism. Von Karajan of Saltzberg applied for membership in the party. Judge the ‘30s by what happened in the ‘30s. I’m beginning to suspect that artistry is something perverse. It makes beautiful music come from ugly people.