Jack van der Geest, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack van der Geest

American writer

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1923

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-Mar-2009

Profession: writer, resistance fighter

Nationality: United States, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jack van der Geest (September 17, 1923 – March 5, 2009) was one of only eight people ever to escape from Buchenwald concentration camp.
He escaped on March 3, 1943.
A copy of his own death certificate appears in his book, Was God on Vacation? 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.