Abraham Benjamin de Vries

Abraham Benjamin de Vries was born in Haarlem as the son of Benjamin Abraham de Vries and Suzanne Dondorp. Abraham de Vries was a furniture-maker, but went to work for the railway company in 1903. He worked at the Amsterdamsche Vaart in Haarlem. Abraham de Vries was a member of the executive committee of the ‘Rail and Tram Company’ trade union.
One of Abraham’s activities in his free time was rec…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 12754) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Ab de Vries had uit zijn eerste huwelijk een dochter, Esje, die gemengd gehuwd was en katholiek was geworden. Zij overleefde de oorlog in onderduik met haar man Jan Adelaar en hun vier kinderen. Meer over hun lotgevallen is hier te lezen: https://www.openjoodsehuizen.nl/nl/page/4557/spaarnhovenstraat-2a-haarlem