August Sabac el Cher explained

August Sabac el Cher was an early Afro-German official at the court of Prussia.

Life

August, though not yet named that, was given to Prince Albert of Prussia as a boy in 1843^[1] when the Prince was in Egypt. He eventually became a Prussian citizen and married a white woman.^[2]

His son Gustav Sabac el Cher became a respected soldier and an imperial bandmaster.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Black German Heritage & Research Association - Part 25 . Blackgermans.us . 2013-09-06.
2. Web site: Black European Studies . Best.uni-mainz.de . 2013-09-06.
3. Web site: Author . Berghahn . Germany and the Black Diaspora, edited by Martin Klimke, Mischa Honeck, and Anne Kuhlmann . Berghahnbooks.com . 2013-08-09 . 2013-09-06.