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being appointed Bavarian Minister of Justice on 8 November 1922
Gürtner became Bavarian justice minister on August 4, 1922, not November 8, 1922.
Full reasoning
Authoritative biographical references place Franz Gürtner's appointment as Bavarian justice minister on 4 August 1922. The Deutsche Biographie entry states: "Am 4.8.1922 übernahm er ... das Amt des Bayerischen Staatsministers der Justiz." The Bavarian state reference work in bavarikon likewise lists his tenure as "04.08.1922–06.06.1932 bayrischer Staatsminister der Justiz." That contradicts the article's statement that he was appointed on 8 November 1922.
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- Deutsche Biographie - Gürtner, Franz
Am 4.8.1922 übernahm er als Vertreter der Bayerischen Mittelpartei (deutsch-national) das Amt des Bayerischen Staatsministers der Justiz.
- Gürtner, Franz - Staatsminister, leitende Verwaltungsbeamte und (NS-) Funktionsträger in Bayern 1918 bis 1945
04.08.1922-06.06.1932 bayrischer Staatsminister der Justiz.
In July 1935, Gürtner amended Paragraph 175 of the German penal code to extend its scope and increased the penalties.
The Nazi revision of Paragraph 175 was made on June 28, 1935, not in July 1935.
Full reasoning
The chronology here is off by a month. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum states that the revision of Paragraph 175 took place on June 28, 1935. Its detailed article likewise says: "Nazi jurists amended Paragraph 175 on June 28, 1935. The new version of the statute went into effect on September 1 of that year." So the article's statement that this happened "in July 1935" is incorrect.
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- Revision of Paragraph 175 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
June 28, 1935 ... The German Ministry of Justice revises Paragraphs 175 and 175a of the German criminal code...
- Paragraph 175 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
As part of a broader Nazi effort to rewrite and reform the criminal code, Nazi jurists amended Paragraph 175 on June 28, 1935. The new version of the statute went into effect on September 1 of that year.