Beyond The Sound of Music – The Friendship Between the von Trapp and Habsburg Families

The Sound of Music remains one of America’s most beloved musical productions, both on stage and on screen. Yet the story of the von Trapp family reaches far beyond Hollywood romance: their lives were deeply intertwined with the turbulent history of twentieth-century Central Europe and with the Habsburg dynasty itself. Documents preserved in our collection shed new light on the remarkable layers of this relationship.

Renowned historians from overseas

Following the conclusion of the conference “Democratic Experiments – Central Europe and the United States” (7–9 May), organized jointly with Andrássy University, our Foundation had the pleasure of hosting three distinguished American historians o

Happy (Belated) Birthday, WFB!

For American conservatives, this year marks a double celebration: the centenary of one of the movement’s defining figures, William F. Buckley Jr., and the seventieth anniversary of the founding of National Review, the influential magazine he launched.