On 24 October 2025, three stumbling stones were laid for Dr. Jakob, Johanna and Rudolf Gugenheim. Jeffrey Metzger was sponsor. Jakob and Johanna were deported to Riga-Jungfernhof. Johanna was murdered there and Jakob later in Auschwitz. Rudolf was a victim of “Aktion T4”.

Dr. Jakob Gugenheim was born on 23 May 1870 in Zweibrücken. His parents were Michael Gugenheim and Mathilde, née Mayer. Jakob was a specialist for ear, nose and throat medicine. In 1927, he was awarded the title of Sanitätsrat (medical councilor).

On 15 June 1902, he married Johanna Karoline Kohn in Nuremberg. She was born on 2 February 1883 in Nuremberg as the daughter of Emil and Wilhelmine Kohn, née Maas. Johanna was the sister of Martin and Dr. Richard Kohn, owners of the Bankhaus Kohn.

Jakob and Johanna had two children: Their son Rudolf Georg Lucian was born on 20 April 1903 in Nuremberg. Two years later (in April 1905), the family moved to Frommannstrasse 1. On 11 May 1906, their daughter Mathilde Friederike was born.

On 9 January 1933, Mathilde married Alfred Cohn from Dresden and moved with him there. Later they emigrated to Venezuela, but returned to Germany after the war and lived until the end of their lives in Munich.

Rudolf Gugenheim was committed to the mental hospital in Ansbach (Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Ansbach) on 30 August 1938 and two years later was a victim of euthanasia: On 20 September 1940, he was deported to the Tötungsanstalt Schloss Hartheim (Hartheim killing center), where he was murdered.

Jakob and Johanna were deported on 29 November 1941 to Riga-Jungfernhof. Johanna was murdered there on 26 March 1942 and Jakob was transported to Auschwitz, where he was murdered in November 1943.