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Gustav Sabac el Cher was the son of August Sabac el Cher an Egyptain servant of the Prussian prince Albrecht (the younger brother of Wilhelm I.) and Anne Jung. At the age of 17 he joined the Prussian army in 1884. In 1895 he become director of music at the Grenadier-Regiment Kronprinz (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 1 in Königsberg. In 1909 he left the army and he worked as a civilian cundoctor for several years. By the end of the 20's he, his wife and two sons opened a small etablisment. The family were forced to close the etablisment afte the nazi takeover in 1939. After that they tried to establish a coffeehouse in Berlin but they never succeeded due to governmental pressure. He died in 1936 in his birth town Berlin. After his death his widow received a consolational telegram of Wilhelm II and the former Crown Prince. Both of his sons were called up for service in the Wehrmacht. His older son Herbert survived the war (1903-1963). His second son Horst(*1908) died in the caucasus in 1943 as a medec.

Description
Gustav Sabac el Cher was the son of August Sabac el Cher an Egyptain servant of the Prussian prince Albrecht (the younger brother of Wilhelm I.) and Anne Jung. At the age of 17 he joined the Prussian army in 1884. In 1895 he become director of music at the Grenadier-Regiment Kronprinz (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 1 in Königsberg. In 1909 he left the army and he worked as a civilian cundoctor for several years. By the end of the 20's he, his wife and two sons opened a small etablisment. The family were forced to close the etablisment afte the nazi takeover in 1939. After that they tried to establish a coffeehouse in Berlin but they never succeeded due to governmental pressure. He died in 1936 in his birth town Berlin. After his death his widow received a consolational telegram of Wilhelm II and the former Crown Prince. Both of his sons were called up for service in the Wehrmacht. His older son Herbert survived the war (1903-1963). His second son Horst(*1908) died in the caucasus in 1943 as a medec.