 from the College of Economic Sciences in Vienna in 1932; a Doctor Juris degree from University of Vienna Law School in 1933; a diploma in Middle-East Studies from the University of Tehran in 1960; and a master's degree in Middle East Studies from American University in Cairo, Egypt in 1967.He was fluent in German, French and English.Bauer was born in Vienna in 1910, the son and only child of Robert Bauer and Rosa Schwarz.