Some personal questions about Hitler

[TheContemplator]

I have always wondered how tall was Hitler? Generally how much did he weight? Any additional information would be nice.

[mike262752]

i know he didnt eat meat, but you probably already knew that

[Demosthenes]

Read Heinz Guderian's exellent memoirs "Erinnerung eines Soldaten" (Panzer Leader in english) for an in-depth first-hand description of hitler. Guderian even includes a long discussion about Hitler. You should be able to find it in your library.

[Thorfinn]

I have always wondered how tall was Hitler? Generally how much did he weight? Any additional information would be nice.

Adolf Hitler was short. From memory, I think that he was around 175cm tall. He had a slender body due, I believe, to his vegetarianism. A lack of meat causes a lack of protein, and this leads to a lack of musculature.

[Dan]

Thorfinn's right, 5 foot 9 inchs equils 175cm

[TheContemplator]

Hey, to all those who have replied: Thanks! So it is 5'9.

Hey, Demosthenes, I m reading "Panzer Leader." Hmm, interesting so far. Very detailed about the panzer divisions.

[Oswald Mosley]

5'9" is hardly short - medium height I'd say. Mussolini was slightly shorter - around 5'7" - and heavier than Hitler.

Hitler weighed around 155 pounds.

[Ken]

Hitler was not short, but of average height.
His racial-ideology made him seem short in relation to what he talks about. However that is irrelevant.

Hitler was not a vegetarian throughout his life. He ate meat during his youth, and only became a vegatarian after a partciular incident which I currently don't remember. It could be a family death, but I cannot recall, however, he was not a child when he 'converted' (I guess) to vegetarianism.

[GFM2000]

I recalled watching a documentary which suggested that Hitler believed that a vegetarian diet will prevent him from getting cancer. He switched to a vegetarian diet when his mother passed away from cancer.

[Scott Smith]

People tend to justify their actions by beliefs within a larger context. Hitler was fascinated by Hinduism, which espouses vegetariansim, and the ancient Aryans, who were supposedly Caucasians. Hitler may have "converted" to vegetarianism but the real reason was a chronic gall bladder condition which made eating rich foods unbearable. Hitler's medical condition probably could have easily been corrected with surgery to remove gallstones, but it reinforced a sense of his imminient mortality, thus making him tragically incautious. Count Ciano once described Hitler as a gambler. But what is really pathetic are those who aped vegetarianism in order to curry favor in Hitler's court. Nevertheless, meat was always served to Hitler's guests in his presence.

[mike262752]

i thought i remember reading somewhere that Hitler didnt like meat to be served in his presence

[GFM2000]

Interesting points made by all. But I believe Hitler forbade smoking, rather than the consumption of meat, in his presence.

[Birgitte Heuschkel]

Read Heinz Guderian's exellent memoirs "Erinnerung eines Soldaten" (Panzer Leader in english)

I don't suppose anyone's got a pdf or doc or whatever ebook format version of that? Obtaining books in print is somewhat of a problematic issue for me -- for various reasons I can't even mug the local library.

[tonyh]

Damn, Scott beat me to it again, ya little swine..............

Tony

[Scott Smith]

...On this board!

Damn, Scott beat me to it again, ya little swine..............