degrimm1-3, Exercise 3: Facts to check

Model answer (one possible choice):

1. The father's death in 1796 and the family's money. Likely to be misremembered because popular accounts often exaggerate the poverty, and the family's circumstances varied over time (check).
2. The years in Göttingen and the reason for dismissal in 1837. Likely to be confused with other protests or with the later move to Berlin, and the number of professors in the protest is easily mixed up (check).
3. Jacob's role in the 1848 Frankfurt Parliament. Likely to be overstated or understated, because the brothers are remembered as scholars and the political side is less often told (check).

The method: choose facts that are precise (dates, numbers, posts) or that have a satisfying story attached, since those are the ones that change as they are retold.