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.