Regierungsvierte in Berlin in Mitte, Germany — Northeast German Plain (The European Plain)

Dr. Otto Kiep

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2025

1. Dr. Otto Kiep stolperstein

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

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Dr. Otto Kiep
Jg. 1886
Zwangsruhestand 1933
Im widerstand Solf-Kreis und Kreisauer Kreis
Verhaftet 16.1.1944
Gehängt 26.8.1944
Berlin-Plötzensee

Here worked Dr. Otto Kiep, born 1886. Forced into retirement in 1933. Member of the Solf Circle and Kreisau Circle resistance groups. Arrested on January 16, 1944. Hung on August 26, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee Prison.

Erected 2021.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Stolpersteine series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 26, 1944.

Location. 52° 30.763′ N, 13° 22.954′ E. Memorial is in Berlin, in Mitte. It is in Regierungsvierte. It is on Wilhelmstraße, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Wilhelmstraße 92, Berlin 10117, Germany. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

Central Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ilse Stöbe (here, next to this marker); Dr. Herbert Mumm von Schwarzenstein (here, next to this marker); Rudolf von Scheliha

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(here, next to this marker); Hans Bernd von Haefen (here, next to this marker); Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff (here, next to this marker); Fritz Henkel (here, next to this marker); Dr. Hans Litter (here, next to this marker); Dr. Adam von Trott zu Solz (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin.

Also see . . .
1. Otto Kiep (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

Otto Kiep was with the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1927 to 1931 as an embassy adviser, and from 1931 to 1933, he was Consul General in New York. He later established ties with resistance circles, with Hanna Solf (see "Frau Solf Tea Party"), and with the Kreisau Circle about Helmuth James Graf von Moltke.

As Chief of the Reich Press Office, the name Otto Kiep appeared on the list of the group around the men of the failed 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia. After his arrest in 1944, he was sentenced at the Volksgerichtshof by Roland Freisler to death, and one month after the plot's failure, on 26 August 1944, Otto Kiep was hanged at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.

(Submitted on September 21, 2025.)

Dr. Otto Kiep stolperstein - wide view, looking north on Wilhelmstraße image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2025

2. Dr. Otto Kiep stolperstein - wide view, looking north on Wilhelmstraße

The stolperstein for Dr. Otto Kiep is visible here as part of a group of more than fifty at the location of the former German Foreign Service offices.

2. The German Resistance: The WWII Story of Otto and Hanna Kiep (ww2history.org). (Submitted on September 21, 2025.)

Otto Carl Kiep (1886-1944), Chief of the Reich Press Office image. Click for full size.

Bain News Service (courtesy of the Library of Congress), circa 1922

3. Otto Carl Kiep (1886-1944), Chief of the Reich Press Office

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 48 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 21, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.