Abraham van Creveld was the son of Meijer Benjamin van Creveld and Betje Bosman. In 1882 he got married to Heintje Bos. The couple had ten children: Israel and Betsy (both died at a young age), Anna Rose (died in 1927) and seven children that survived the war.
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On the occasion of the first anniversary of A. van Creveld Mzn.'s death, Het Joodsche Weekblad published an article about him:
At the age of 15, Van Creveld came from Hoorn to Amsterdam, where he studied in the Dutch-Jewish Seminary. He acquired the highest rank of religious education teacher. Later, J.H. Dünner granted him the honorary title of maggid. At that time, he was also already a mohel.
Van Creveld was a teacher. He set up a bookshop and a publishing company. He founded the Centraalblad voor Israëlieten in Nederland. Furthermore, he initiated many publications of Jewish-scientific nature, for example the bundle of sermons from chief rabbi J.H. Dünner, the Pentateuch-edition with Rasji by A.S. Onderwijzer, a prayer book with translation and explanation by L. Wagenaar etc.
For considerable time, Van Creveld was chairman of the Union of religious education teachers Achawa and co-founder of the association 'Support for Widows'. He also took the initiative to hold Chanukkah school parties in Amsterdam. He retired when he turned sixty. He joined the Church council in Amsterdam and the Central Committee.
Van Creveld wrote a 'monography on Lessing‘s ’Nathan der Weise‘ containing a biography of Mozes Mendelsohn, a very readable work with all the hallmarks of a 'subliminal autobiography'. .
Het Joodsche Weekblad, 24 October 1941, 6
In addition, a Jokos file (number 10146) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.