Feliks Steuer

Born in Zülkowitz (then Prussian Silesia, now Sulków in Poland).

He was educated in Leobschütz (Czech: Hlubčice, Polish: Głubczyce).

He studied Slavic languages at the Faculty of Philology in Innsbruck and in the University of Breslau (German: Universität Breslau; Latin: Universitas Wratislaviensis; Polish: Uniwersytet Wrocławski).

During World War I, he fought in the Western Front where was injured and lost his leg.

After the war he was a director in two gymnasiums in Katowice (Upper Silesia).