Claudio Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Sabac_el_Cher Interesting! ;-) So they can't tell that back them the Germans were all racists... Interesting it is also his medal bar with a Russian medal in the end and a 1st model Bavarian MVK without flames. That would be a nice bar to have in my collection... ;-) ciao, Claudio PS: could a moderator edit my title and cancel the word in the end "alias"... thanks! Edited December 24, 2012 by Claudio
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 I wonder what happed to the family when old Hitler came to power??
Claudio Posted December 24, 2012 Author Posted December 24, 2012 this was his father... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Sabac_el_Cher in the end of the text it says that: Am 21. September 1885 verstarb Sabac el Cher in Berlin. Das Kirchenbuch nennt Magenkrebs als Todesursache. Sein Grab auf dem Friedhof der Dreifaltigkeitsgemeinde existiert heute nicht mehr. Seine Ehefrau Anna, 42-jährig und verwitwet, heiratete kein zweites Mal. Sein Sohn Gustav (1868-1934) wurde im Deutschen Kaiserreich ein berühmter Militärmusiker und Medienstar. Bis heute leben Nachfahren des „kleinen nubischen Jungen“ in Deutschland. August Sabac el Cher war einer der ersten gesellschaftlich integrierten Afrodeutschen in Berlin. In der Geschichte der afrikanischen Diaspora in Deutschland kommt ihm somit besondere Bedeutung zu. Seine Lebensgeschichte zeichnet das Bild eines preußischen Patrioten, der aus dem Schatten seines Dienstherrn jedoch nie heraustreten konnte. Seit 2006 findet eine posthume Würdigung seines bewegten Lebens statt, die zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen über Afrodeutsche und ein Werk über die Familie Sabac el Cher mit sich brachte.
Claudio Posted December 24, 2012 Author Posted December 24, 2012 There was also a documentary on Arte TV : http://www.arte.tv/de/liebe-zwischen-schwarz-und-weiss/1737104,CmC=1737070.html
VtwinVince Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Not just the Germans were racists back then, everybody was. It is the prerogative of Imperial powers, and you can see it today.
Chris Dale Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Interesting it is also his medal bar with a Russian medal in the end and a 1st model Bavarian MVK without flames. That would be a nice bar to have in my collection... ;-) ciao, Claudio Forgive my ignorance but what are his first two medals? Very interesting chap this Gustav is, thanks for posting this. Cheers Chris
saschaw Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Seem to be the General Honour Decoration and the so called Centenary medal, so he received exactely what any other Prussian soldier would have gotten.
Chris Dale Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Thank you Sascha again! So what was his father's medal? Cheers Chris
saschaw Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 His father had some... Wasn't even his medal bar shown here on GMIC?
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