Duty was to be the first US prisoner whose execution included the use of the sedative pentobarbital, commonly used to euthanise animals. Duty's last meal request was for a double cheeseburger with mayonnaise, a foot-long hot dog with cheese, mustard and onions, a cherry limeade, and a banana shake. (16 December 2010)
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Friday 4th of August 1944 (x) — The Achterhuis where Diarist Anne Frank was hiding is stormed by a group of German uniformed police led by SS-OberscharführerKarl Silberbauer of the Sicherheitsdienst. On 3 September the Frank family was deported on what would be the last transport from Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz KZ.