Jack van der Geest

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van der Geest, not Geest.
Jack van der Geest
Born(1923-09-17)17 September 1923
Died5 March 2009(2009-03-05) (aged 85)

Jack van der Geest (September 17, 1923  – March 5, 2009) was one of only seven[1] people to escape from Buchenwald concentration camp.[2] He escaped on March 3, 1943. A copy of his own death certificate appears in his book, Was God on Vacation?[3] He was a member of the Dutch resistance movement and French Resistance, afterwards he became a translator for the 101st Airborne during World War II.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference State29 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tribute to Jack van der Geest The Library of Congress, official website. Retrieved June 1, 2010[dead link]
  3. ^ Jack Van Der Geest (April 2002). Was God on Vacation?: A WWII Autobiography. Vandergeest Pub & Distribution Company. ISBN 978-0-9649615-2-4.