I would have thought a legit 4cm difference or 1. Editor Rob. I noticed that you have included excerpts from medical records in pages from some American Presidents Richard Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson and it just so happens that Hitler's medical report from is also available and we can download it on the Internet. According to this report, Hitler was cm tall and weighed about 70 kg. Could you please post this excerpt medical report here? If he was, then he could have been 5'6.
I have read the declaration of his three doctors, one said he could not remember how tall Hitler was, one said he was about and the other said he was about They have visited Hitler in and so the height they remember comes from that period. Now I ask you, do you think it is possible that Hitler was really in that range of height and in the last year of his life he lost a few centimeters?
One last thing, I have read some of the comments below because I am curious of what other people think but I have also seen many comments that have nothing to do with Hitler's height.
I think this is a site for discussing about the height of famous people, it is not a political forum. Have a good day! Perhaps 5'10" in shoes. Given Hitler's rapid decline in health by the end of his life, he may have been closer to 5'8.
Listed at a very precise Who'd have thought back then listing somebody to the mm. In a small crowd click here - he could look in that 5ft 6 range easily enough. With Hitler like we've seen in the past, there could be close to 2. Anyways it was too obvious he was taller than Hitler by at least 0. Still the main mystery is:What figure can we rely on? I mean we had 3 listings for Hitler the supposed measurement of the Austrian army,the Landsberg measurement and many sources give although can't say if they stem from an actual measurement.
But certainly if Hess was in that 5'9. Losing only 2cm at that age would have been incredibly little. Although he has probably slightly less footwear he's closer to the camera so he can't be much different really. Also when looking backwards Daluege supposedly looks only fractionally taller than Heydrich,and the latter obviously is no more than a solid 6'1 at best Editor Rob. I mean the fact that he looked virtually the same as Himmler may suggest that anything between and is arguable.
The thing is Hess corpse was measured 5ft 9, but it's been mentioned in WW1 he was supposed to have been cm on his medical So, 1. He could even have been very close to if not 1. That he ended described as short was something almost unavoidable since it's an aspect perceived negatively by most people. For Goering,many remembered him as obese,he rarely got described as tall.
Christian, and clearly not intended to be offensive. There's some very sensitive people here, I pretty much got called ugly the other day for thinking Karen Black had funny eyes!! In Hitler's head he was Gotz Otto's height and appearance!
Why should they lie? Unsurprisingly, Roger Waters grew up a very angry young man, having lost his Dad in the War. I went cold all over. So, so sad. The murderer of millions of people and the main responsabile for the genocide of the jews. To call him infamous is no political propaganda. It is a statement of fact. I can imagine that the single-minded vegetarian war merchant didn't have a very elaborate vocabulary.
The guy who plays him looks taller than the height I imagine Hitler to have been. Tarantino has a habit of belittling men he perceived as arrogant or powerful in his films, he did the same with Bruce Lee! However, I was pretty surprised when I found out that he was not actually short probably his height is above avarege at 's and had blue eyes. Gawd if they calling a 5ft 8in dude like him short I'm just a dwarf.
I can see how he looks shorter there I live in the loft at Sandy Cowell's house, where I am left in peace to carry out my historical studies. I know what she doesn't know! She's interested in the Kings and Queens of England, especially those from the Tudor and Stuart eras and beyond. Yes, further to my comment from yesterday, I'd like to say that Hitler's daily low was 5ft8.
I've just been rudely interrupted from my evening's knitting, nightly half-pint and historical reading session to come out of my loft and fly downstairs to enlighten you as to my latest findings and thoughts about Hitler's superstructure.
I came across some undisputable facts about his height. From the lazy estimates to the concrete evidence, I'd say that 5ft8 is probably right for the bean and sauerkraut-loving Austrian-born German leader. When he walked about during the day, propelled along by his inexhaustible supply of cabbage-scented bodily gases, he doubtless gave the impression of 5ft8.
Did anyone ever measure him before bed? I hardly think that was on anyone's mind in those hectic and worrying times, so we can only make assumptions. He didn't sign anything as he wasn't a politician, but he worked as a policy adviser. My grandfather used to tell us stories about his dad. Apparently the most common question he got from people about meeting Hitler was in regards to his height. He said he was a strong five foot eight which is what this site more or less lists him at. What is more interesting is that what you didn't see in the train that day was apparently Hitler's irritable bowels were playing up.
His stomach was churning a lot and he tried to hide it by coughing. It's funny though For Hitler, it wasn't his height average height in the s or his hair full head it was his noisy bowels. Just goes to show you, on one of the proudest moments of his life he had full control of France, but couldn't control his stomach. Is it political propaganda? If so, in which direction? My Mum's school was situated next to where Hitler conducted his goings-on before the War, and used to see him frequently.
Although still a fairly small child, she took an instant disliking to him. When I first found out that she used to see him and expressed my amazement, she looked to the skies and said, "That's nothing to be proud of. He did have large eyes and they were bulging too, people said they were dominating. He probably was above average height for a German man! Nothing to do with height, but the statue had piercing blue eyes, anyone knows if he had them like that in real life?
I'd rather give my money to such a charity too than a despicable person, no names mentioned! If they'd charge for it, I'd sooner give my money to a charity for the preservation of vermin! The three possibilities were:- a Franco b Mussolini or c Hitler? I thought it HAD to be c because that's exactly the sort of hypocritical thing he'd do. AND he was an oil painter, but definitely no oil painting!
What a crafty thing to do. It is officially published by the German Institute of health. In bigger cities like Cologne, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg the average is even higher at 6ft. He was neither short nor of medium height.
Secondly, there is not a single document that proves that he was measured by the Austrian Army. When you take the most recent comprehensive study done of height in Germany, the average for all adult males is 5'9" literally the same as that for all adult males in the U. It's nowhere near 6'0". If so, we could calculate Hitler's height. Click Here. There was a question asking, "Which German politician went to prison in for Treason?
I, of course, did! If you want a pretty little pet with a mighty sting in more ways than one, adopt a Bumble Bee! I, as in Sandy, saw a picture of him on the telly the other day and he was one of the shorter blokes featured. He didn't even look average, which, I must agree, is fairly unusual for him.
I found something that could be useful, Hitler's medical report from , in the second page of these documents Hitler was described in the "General" gap as 70 kg and cm tall. Please look at: Click Here Editor Rob. Yes it's been mentioned before that in medical files he was given 5ft 9 range for his height.
Barefoot though? I am not sure about that Anyways comfortably over average yet maybe not tall. I doubt any serious person here tries to convince us he was a giant. Just upper average like a solid 6'german youngster would look today,in other words very common but still with more people shorter than taller.
That's only cm above average. I don't get why people are making him out to be a giant. Hitler always seemed slightly taller than most of his peers, even today he would be shortish at best. In Hitler time youngsters might have been on average so he was cm taller. Probably like a today. Rather tallish than tall but it's indeed ridiculous to say he was short. But there was an important point back then:Nobility from which most generals came had much higher living standards than the rest of society so Hitler looked very average among them.
Secondly, I'm here to report that I am watching an Australian edition of 'The Chase' and Anne Hegerty and the contestant she's taking on just had a question asking "Who was voted man of the year in Time magazine in ?
It was Hitler himself, and everyone got it right, including me! I must say, a certain bee Jaffa, of course, the history-loving bee is feeling rather nauseous! I think one could rule out heights over this since Irving himself described him 5'9.
Or might I have had a slight edge? In photos you might look indistinguishable, I think in the morning am he would be over 5ft 8. I do believe the 50 year old Hitler was a full 5'9", but he likely lost height in the last few years of his life and who knows just how much of a height loss would be possible in the final 6 years he lived considering the enormous stress, his odd and unhealthy sleep habits and rapidly deteriorating health.
He may have been the full 5'9" peak, but closer to 5'8" when he died. Click Here : Skorzeny was also among the tallest though maybe a little smaller than Kaltenbrunner. In another similar pic the difference seemed no more than 5. Assuming Hitler may have lost a fraction by late and headed towards 5' Just strange how we always have fluctuation in the sources. He was described as 6'4,his papers gave and Guido Knopp in his book about the SS described him as a cm Standartenfuhrer most believable.
I used to honestly think I was 5ft4, one-and-a-half inches more than my peak and I have never been anywhere near that. I thought I saw eye-to-eye with 5ft4 people until I saw the evidence in a window reflection. I'm lucky if I'm 5ft1 now! Although I was only 7,8 and 9 when I met them, I remember them to be very kind - and very much below average height!
I doubt they were even as tall as my Mum! He's the same guy who called me 6'7" when I met him a number of years ago. I've never had a chance to call him out on it, but I will when I see him again. I live on the west coast of the US and he lives across on the east coast so I rarely see him unless on family reunions.
In the scientific paper published last year psychologists from Texas Tech University found in a study that almost two-thirds of participants showed a preference to draw larger figures when asked to draw images of leaders. An evolutionary throwback has been suggested as the root of this. Nic Fleming wrote:. It is not for nothing that top politicians are known as political giants or "big beasts". Voters see tall politicians as better suited for leadership, according to a survey of how people visualise their leaders.
Psychologists believe the bias may stem from an evolved preference for physically imposing chiefs who could dominate enemies. Cameron, Obama and Hollande have all beaten shorter candidates in past elections — Gordon Brown at 5ft 11ins, John McCain at 5ft 8ins and Sarkozy at 5ft 5ins. The work, published by Dr Gregg Murray and J.
David Schmitz, found evidence that would suggest physical stature affects people's preferences for political leadership. The paper entitled 'Caveman Politics' on evolutionary psychology relates it back to ideas and beliefs gleaned from our prehistoric ancestors.
Well, apart from Cameron, Obama and Canada's Stephen Harper who all come in at over six foot there are some current political leaders who are rather more diminutive. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is placed at somewhere around the 5ft 2ins mark. America certainly seem to be following the rule with all but one of the US presidents in our list coming in at six foot or over.
The table below shows a selection of world leaders, past and present, and their stature. The jaw fragments the Soviets claimed to belong to Hitler were not tested. Only in January of was Marshal Georgi Zhukov able to finally defeat the German forces and liberate the city, finally lifting the siege after a cost of some 2,, lives. Total human losses during the six years of war were estimated at 60,,, of which 27,, were Russians, Ukrainians, Jews and other people in Soviet territory.
Germany lost over 11,, soldiers and civilians. Poland and Yugoslavia lost over 3,, people each. Italy and France lost over 1,, each. Most nations of Central and Eastern Europe suffered severe--and in some cases total--economic destruction. Hitler's ability to act as a figurehead of the Nazi machine was long gone by late For many years Hitler was kept on drugs by his medical personnel. In a group of German army officers and civilians pulled off an almost successful assassination attempt on Hitler, but he survived.
In several major battles occurred at Kursk which became the largest tank battle in history , Kharkov and Stalingrad, all of which the Germans lost. The battle for Stalingrad was one of the largest in the history of mankind.
At Stalingrad alone the Germans lost , troops, in addition to the losses suffered by Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, Czech, Croatian and other forces, but the Russians lost over one million men. In German troops assisted Italy, which under dictator Benito Mussolini was a German ally, in its takeover of Yugoslavia and Greece.
Meanwhile, in Germany and the occupied countries, a program of mass extermination of Jews had begun. On June 22, , German forces invaded the Soviet Union. In addition to ore than 4,, German troops, there were additional forces from German allies Romania, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Spain and Finland, among others. Hitler used multinational forces in order to save Germans for the future colonization of the Russian lands. Following the detailed Nazi plan, code-named "Barbarossa," Hitler was utilizing resources of entire Europe under Nazi control to feed the invasion of Russia.
After a series of initial successes, however, the German Armies were stopped at Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad. Leningrad was besieged by the Nazis for days until the city of 4,, virtually starved itself to death.
Paris fell and France surrendered, after which Hitler considered invading the UK. However, after the German Air Force was defeated in the Battle of Britain, the invasion was canceled.
The British had begun bombing German cities in May , and four months later Hitler retaliated by ordering the Blitz. In September of Hitler and Stalin invaded Poland. France and the British Commonwealth and Empire declared war on Germany. In he forced the union of Austria with Germany and also took the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia near the German border with a large ethnic German population, on the pretext of "protecting" the German population from the Czechs.
According to Leni Riefenstahl , he was anything but happy about hosting the XI. Olympic Games in Berlin and just agreed because it could have been a great publicity event for his "superior German race". Even though the German team indeed won most of the medals, probably the biggest disaster for the Nazis was the black so-called "subhuman" Jesse Owens not only winning four gold medals, but becoming the audience's hero of the games, too.
In the anti-Jewish Nuremburg laws were passed on Hitler's authorization. A year later, with Germany now under his total control, he sent troops into the Rhineland, which was a violation of the World War I Treaty of Versailles. Soon President Hindenburg died, and Hitler merged the office of President with the office of Chancellor.
Through under-the-table deals with powerful conservative businessmen and right-wing politicians, Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January One month later, a mysterious fire--which the Nazis claimed had been started by "terrorists" but was later discovered to have been set by the Nazis themselves--destroyed the Reichstag the building housing the German parliament.
Then Hitler's machine began to issue a series of emergency decrees that gave the office of Chancellor more and more power. In March of Hitler persuaded the German parliament to pass the Enabling Act, which made the Chancellor dictator of Germany and gave him more power than the President.
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