August Wilhelm von Preußen was born on January 29, 1887 in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia [now Brandenburg], Germany. He is known for his work on Victory of the Faith (1933), Hitler über Deutschland (1932) and Pathé's Weekly, No. 2 (1912). He was married to Alexandra Viktoria von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Alexandra Victoria Schleswig-Holstein. He died on March 25, 1949 in Stuttgart, Württemberg-Baden [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany.