What height was considered "tall" for a man in Nazi Germany?

[AngryUbermensch]

I found a real Nazi-age document with explanations of height categories for men.

Those were the categories for men:
Average: 169-173cm
Tall: 174-179cm
Very tall: 180+cm

Its crazy how much the average height changed with 100 years...

 

[Grim_Reaper]

Wasn't average height back then 5'9?

 

[AngryUbermensch]

Wasn't average height back then 5'9?

The document says 169-173cm for men.

 

[Johnhatenigger12]

Fuck, even 5'9 considered manlet in modern day.

does 6'0 in those days considered giga tallfag?

 

[AngryUbermensch]

Fuck, even 5'9 considered manlet in modern day.

does 6'0 in those days considered giga tallfag?

Yes. Very tall category started from 180cm. 6ft is 183cm, so it was almost a giant.

And in the first half of 19th century in England, average height for men was 160cm.

 

[AsiaCel]

5'10 for SS LSSAH (the elite bodyguard division of Waffen-SS)

Other SS units had slightly lower standards at 5'9.

Over the war, standards were dropped for recruits. For non elite divisions (SS-Freiwilligen and Waffen division of the SS types), I believe they didn't had that high standards considering they recruited foreigners and weren't very equipped).