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

Dr. Friedrich Leyden

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2025

1. Dr. Friedrich Leyden stolperstein

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

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Dr. Friedrich
Leyden
Jg. 1891
Zwangsruhestand 1933
Flucht 1933 Holland
Interniert Amsterdam
Deportiert 1943
Theresienstadt
Ermordet 30.1.1944

Here worked Dr. Friedrich Leyden, born 1891. Forced out of service and fled to the Netherlands in 1933. Interned in Amsterdam, deported to Theresienstadt in 1943. Murdered on January 30, 1944.

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 year for this entry is 1891.

Location. 52° 30.76′ N, 13° 22.954′ E. Memorial is in Berlin, in Mitte. It is in Regierungsvierte. It is on Wilhelmstraße north of An d. Kolonnade, 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: Ulrich von Hassell (here, next to this marker); Dr. Hans Litter (here, next to this marker); Dr. Adam von Trott zu Solz (here, next to this marker); Dr. Otto Kiep

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(here, next to this marker); Rudolf von Scheliha (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). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin.

Also see . . . Friedrich Leyden (Wikipedia, in German). Excerpt (in translation):

Friedrich Leyden (born Friedrich Levy on March 3, 1891 in Freiburg im Breisgau; died January 30, 1944 in the Theresienstadt ghetto) was a German geographer and diplomat in the Weimar Republic.

…After the Nazis seized power in 1933, he was removed from civil service in February. Leyden moved to the Netherlands, where he continued his academic work as a private scholar under adverse conditions and now published in Dutch. After the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, Leyden was persecuted as a Jew and deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in April 1943…

(Submitted on October 25, 2025.)

Dr. Friedrich Leyden stolperstein - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2025

2. Dr. Friedrich Leyden stolperstein - wide view

The stolperstein for Dr. Friedrich Leyden is visible here as part of a group of more than 50 such, dedicated in November 2021 to commemorate Foreign Office employees that were persecuted by the Nazis.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 38 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.