This Date in History: July 11

William McDuff, a member of the 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition,  married his wife Christina, who was from Nova Scotia.  In 1879 they had a daughter.  In 1880, he and his family lived in East Gallatin Valley, where he was a farmer.  William McDuff died on July 11, 1911 or July 11, 1914.  He is buried at the Lewistown City Cemetery in Lewistown, Montana.  (Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gold and Guns: The 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition and the Battle of Lodge Grass Creek)

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Johannes Hassebroek, SS-Sturmbannführer, was born at Halle on July 11, 1910.  He served at the Esterwegen concentration camp in 1936, the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1942 to 1943 and the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in 1943 to 1944, where he was the Kommandant.  From 1939 to 1941, he served in the 3rd SS Division “Totenkopf,” where he received the Iron Cross First Class.   He died in Westerstede, Germany on April 17, 1977.  Over 43% of all SS officers that served in the concentration camps also served in the Waffen-SS combat units during the war.  (The Camp Men: The SS Officers Who Ran the Nazi Concentration Camp System)