The Sound of Music (film) Nazis, which would not have been possible; Salzburg is over two hundred miles from Switzerland. The von Trapp villa, however, was only a few kilometers from the Austria–Germany border, and the final scene shows the family hiking on the Obersalzberg near the German town of Berchtesgaden, within sight of Adolf Hitler's Kehlsteinhaus Eagle's Nest retreat. In reality, the family simply walked to the local train station and boarded a train to Italy. Although Georg was an ethnic German-Austrian, he was also an Italian citizen, having been born in the Dalmatian city of Zadar, which at that time was part of
Fortified Sector of the Sarre June, and was the object of a major thrust of Operation Tiger on 14 June. In retreat, the regiment was assigned to the "Dagnan" group, retreating to Salles. Haut-Poirier is on private property and is sealed to access. The Casemate de Wittring is maintained as a museum and may be visited. At Barst, two STG casemates have been restored as part of a display on the frontier defenses. Fortified Sector of the Sarre The Fortified Sector of the Sarre ("Secteur Fortifié de la Sarre") was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line on