Talk:Victim theory

Removal of Sound of Music paragraph

This article had a paragraph about The Sound of Music which read:

"The “victim theory” has been shamelessly exploited for financial advantage. The most notable example is the Rodgers & Hammerstein production, Sound of Music, which portrays the von Trapp family as fleeing from Nazi pursuit. The story is false. The von Trapp family left Austria before the Anschluss occurred,"

With the reference:

Music: Family Life in Vermont, TIME Magazine (July 18, 1949).

I don't have access to the Time article because it's behind a paywall. But it's used as a reference in the Georg von Trapp article in the same paragraph as the article describes the von Trapp's leaving Nazi-occupied Austria. And various reliable sources state that the von Trapp's left after the Nazis entered Austria, such as Encyclopædia Brittannica ("the family fled in 1938 from Nazi-dominated Austria") and the National Archives and Records Administration's journal, Prologue:

"When the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938, the von Trapps realized that they were on thin ice with a regime they abhorred. Georg not only refused to fly the Nazi flag on their house, but he also declined a naval command and a request to sing at Hitler's birthday party. They were also becoming aware of the Nazis' anti-religious propaganda and policies, the pervasive fear that those around them could be acting as spies for the Nazis, and the brainwashing of children against their parents. They weighed staying in Austria and taking advantage of the enticements the Nazis were offering—greater fame as a singing group, a medical doctor's position for Rupert, and a renewed naval career for Georg—against leaving behind everything they knew—their friends, family, estate, and all their possessions. They decided that they could not compromise their principles and left."

I have removed it due to WP:IMPARTIAL ("shamelessly exploited") for now, but I doubt the paragraph meets WP:VERIFY either. If someone has access to the TIME article, please confirm whether the article states whether the von Trapps left Austria before the Nazis entered (with a quote if it does). TimofKingsland (talk) 13:40, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Information Regarding the TIME Article

The TIME article, published on July 18, 1949, does indeed support the view that the Trapp family left Austria before Hitler seized Austria. The quote is as follows:

"All the Trapps sang and in 1937 Soprano Lotte Lehmann heard them at it. She insisted that they enter choral competition at the Salzburg Festival that year. They took first prize, but never sang at Salzburg again; ardently Roman Catholic and ardently anti-Nazi, they left home just before Hitler seized Austria."

John Paul Parks (talk) 20:50, 27 September 2015 (UTC)