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Bob says on 31/Jan/12
He was average height of the time (178cm +- 2cm).
He has been "made short" by western media, to try and make him a more goofy/stupid person, comparable to Napoleon Bonaparte who really was short.
Tom says on 26/Jan/12
german history shows that - germans are average height is 5'9" for males. and on old discovery, history channel videos shows he was tall guy. his mother was austrian and father was german - his height must be between 5'11" - 6'2" definetely. Isabella says on 14/Dec/11
@logan noll 1996: He's either 6 feet or 5'9"?! You do realize that one foot is not 10 inches, right? logan noll 1996 says on 18/Nov/11
hitler was about 6 foot tall, maybe 5 foot 9. In documentaries, he's usually an inch or two taller than the people he's with. My pappy said Hitler was 6 foot tall. Steve says on 25/Sep/11
Appeared to be of average height for Germans of that time. My guess is 68"-69". Saloon Singer says on 14/Sep/11
William L. Shirer said Hitler was 5'9 and he saw him lots of times. Tom says on 17/Aug/11
Maybe he should have been Adolf Frankenberger. Relatives DNA showed a Y chromosome rare to Western European and common in Ashkenazi's. Still mostly Aryan for sure and a white man in anyone's mind. Matt says on 3/Aug/11
@ras, i think Hitler and the Nazi's viewed 178 cm and up as good because requirements for the SS were 178 cm. Could be wrong, but Himmler was 5'9 and they decided you had to be 5'10 to get in. Not to mention proving German ancestry back to 1750. Matt says on 21/Jul/11
@advocate, are you suggesting that you're an advocate of Hitler or Nazi's in general. I certainly understand the points you made, and Hitler was a brilliant speaker and all. That said, if you like Hitler you're a **** of epic proportions. Sorry. c-mo says on 20/Jul/11
@Ras ...he said 5'11 not 6'2 Ras says on 20/Jul/11
I DO think he's short because according to his own standards, nordic men were supposed to be at least 6'2" and well built, he was neither of those though. gary says on 12/Jun/11
Okay, "somegirl" - but that simply adds to the argument of planned, or at least thinking parenthood! z89 says on 17/May/11
he always seems average height in the footage I've seen of him, he's not tall but he's not short either, probably 5'8 or so. Marcio says on 16/May/11
I think people think he's short because they associate him with napoleon bonaparte Daniel says on 14/May/11
What history wronte on 14/Mar/11 makes the most sense. People confuse their hate for Hitler with an objective assesement about his height. He never ever looked short compared with the men of his time, so his height being 5'8'' is not only reasonable but also logical when you compare him with those around him. random says on 9/May/11
he was a tiny madman who probaly felt insecucre about his height Phil says on 2/May/11
You can't be serious, Rob. Hitler was measured 3 times. 5 foot 6.75. (169 cm) 5 foot 7.25 (171 cm) and 5 foot 7.75 (172 cm)
His height was measured by his personal doctor (private physician)
BTW I'm German and Hitler was Austrian;) I despise Nazis. Marinewannab says on 22/Apr/11
um the shrinker not to be mean but 6'8 is infact an extremely rare height to reach. The average human being is about 5'9 for a man and 5'4 for a woman (the average taken in 2005. Inless you are using something other than ft and inches. the shrinker says on 15/Apr/11
You are all right,
the average height for the years old boys is 6'10'' nowadays,
the average for adult man is 8'2'', the 6'8 is midget nowadays and I'm not joking,
I say this completely seriously, in the future the average height will be "the taller the better"
I'm just show you better your point of view in this matter, this is your philosophy some girl says on 11/Apr/11
dont hate hitler he had a hard life and needed alot of help erk says on 10/Apr/11
ok...how is touching the bottom of the basketball net even relevant to "powerful" of course he was powerful only a idiot would deny it. evil but powerful. a madman too. but saying "couldn't even touch the basket ball net" is hypocritical to Hitler's ignorance in judging people on their physique or genetic characteristics. plus plenty of these basketball players and "tall" sports figures are dumb as a doornail. jason young says on 24/Mar/11
he was a very short man and very ignorant he thought he was powerful and he couldnt even touch the net on the basket ball court history says on 14/Mar/11
I watched the film Goebbels Experiment which has lots of footage of Hitler and Goebbels, especially from the early years when the each were more freely interacting with crowds. Hitler was definitely above average height for regular status men of his time but not by a lot. Hitler was 5'8"-5'9" but the average German man about 5'7", across all ages, but with younger men likely 5'8".
Another observation is just how few men really were distinctly taller than Hitler- rarely over 6'. I think the perception of Hitler being merely average height for his time are that there are more seen images of him surrounded by military officers, who overwhelmingly came from aristocratic families, back when better nutrition and health care made a material difference in height among classes.
Goebbels was around 5'4"-5'5" and short but surprisingly often not nearly shortest man in public crowds of the time. D says on 12/Mar/11
Raleigh the pictures and videos of Hitler have been edited many times to make him look silly, it't called propaganda. Hitler was around 5'9 slightly taller then Himmler. Plus Hitler didn't claim tall blond Aryans were the ideal race, he said the Nordic race play a great role in a civilization, and the whole Nordic thing was nothing new that came with Hitler, it was already largely discussed in the Western world. Raleigh says on 25/Feb/11
The first image I saw of Adolf Hitler was in a historical reel during a trip to Disneyland, he looked rather silly looking for history's most vicious dictator, and his stature looked that of a small man. I saw an image of Charlie Chaplin and remarked that Hitler looked like Chaplin. I think even 5'8" is a stretch, he probably was more like 5'6" to 5'7" tall. Ironic how such a silly looking man claimed tall blond Aryans were the ideal race, also ironic that he became all powerful in a nation of tall blondes. Anonymous says on 5/Feb/11
Why the hell is this website receiving, I mean about Hitlerīs opinions, more comments referred to Hitlerīs being "good or bad", than related to his suposed height?? My own opinion and the othersī opinions about Hitlerīs behaviour doesnīt care a damm !! Why donīt you all use your brains, and stop judging this person here !! This is a site to make a comment about peopleīs height. And, for the good or the worse, Hitler is one of the most famous people in the human history. The latter explains why heīs here. Coming to the point, I always thought he was around 5ī7.5/5ī8", in his barefeet. z89 says on 23/Jan/11
Adolf Hitler was around 5'9, average height at the time, nowadays though he would be short. MD says on 14/Jan/11
Advocate,
I'd hope you'd be among those who'd admit that Hitler was not just a net negative to the people he led when all is said in done, but a net negative to humanity. Let's not get into this silly game of moral equivalency, here. He wasn't just a bad guy for the world, on net, but he still ranks among the most detrimental to humanity to ever be born on this earth. advocate says on 12/Jan/11
Wise guy is not entirely off the mark here, you cannot truly be analytical about history while also making judgment statements. So to label Hitler as the devil incarnate is just as detrimental to the facts as saying we as God incarnate. At the end of the day one has to realize he got Germany out of the Depression before any other nation, built the Autobahn, and kept Germany's citizens from receiving rations for an unjustifiably long time (1944, is when that finally happened, before that they could buy whatever they wanted).
ONE ALSO MUST REALIZE that the year Adolf Hitler ascended to power, state fairs in America had Most Genetically Pure competitions. Historian says on 7/Jan/11
Help ! I am looking desperately for Neville Chamberlain's height. In a picture he looked 1 inche taller than Hitler, does that make him 5'9 ? I thought he was taller than this. Vikas Malik Lenin says on 26/Dec/10
i m not believe that Hitler's height is 5 ft 8 in [173cm] TruebloodFan says on 21/Dec/10
he didn't seem short. but why is he on celebheights? is he a celebrity?
[Editor Rob: this page gets about 80 visitors a day, there's probably quite a few infamous leaders, bad or good which generate an interest in their height.
] Dave says on 20/Dec/10
Hitler's height does matter a little bit because he would be an anomaly according to the Napoleon Syndrome. Hooks wan says on 6/Dec/10
Hitler got so many innocent people killed, NOT EVEN FUNNY TO JOKE ABOUT! Klaus says on 20/Nov/10
The movies always show Hitler as a man of small stature, but this is not true because in all the pictures in which he is accompanied by several men, he has the same size as the others, and since everyone is wearing the same boots. In the pictures only a few guys are high.
So I think Hitler should have a height of around 1.75m, maybe a little more.
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Ler foneticamente Anonymous says on 17/Nov/10
Why does it say "Met Adolf Hitler?"?
[Editor Rob: it's just a generic bit of text that is there on every page] Suvarna Rao ( Pandu ) says on 5/Nov/10
I never thought that Hitler was 5.8". My understanding all these while was that He is below 5.5". Any way it is not very important now. Suvarna Rao ( Pandu ) says on 5/Nov/10
I never thought that Hitler was 5.8". My understanding all these while was that He is below 5.5". Any way it is not very important now. TROLLED! says on 28/Oct/10
lol this such an epic troll Lord Chief Justice Victor says on 27/Oct/10
at least 5'7, at most 5'8....hes considered average during his time |
