The Hills Are Alive in Austria ; Famed Musical Brings Home Past Shame

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VIENNA, Austria - The Nazis are back in Vienna - at least onstage. But this time there's no doubt that they're the bad guys.

The latest look at the country's relationship to Hitler is through the melodic looking glass of "The Sound of Music" - the first full staging in Austria of a musical beloved the world over but virtually unknown in the nation it portrays.

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The Hills Are Alive in Austria ; Famed Musical Brings Home Past Shame

After years of denial, official Austria has turned in the past two decades from depicting itself as a victim of Adolf Hitler to acknowledging its key role in the Holocaust.

But some...

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