The physical stature of Jewish men in the German Principality of Salm, 1802-1807.
Using information from passports, we show that average height of Jewish men in the German Principality of Salm in 1802-1807 was about 155.4 cm, and thus well below the contemporary European average.
Aschoff
Diethard
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Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum, University of Münster, Wilmergasse 1, 48143 Münster, Germany. ijd@uni-muenster.de
Hiermeyer
Martin
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