Dr. Benjamin Willem de Vries

Email
benan@netvision.net.il
Teaching

Courses taught

  • Market research
  • European Economic History
  • Introduction to Economic History
  • Modern Economic History
CV

Professional Address:

Department of Economics

52900 Ramat Gan

Israel

Phone number: 972-3-531 8943

Fax number: 972-3-535 3180

E-mail: benan@netvision.net.il

Personal Details:

Born June 24, 1923. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Citizenship: Israeli and Dutch

Married with Annemarie Broekhuijsen

3 children, 10 grandchildren

Aliya (emigration to Israel) 1957

Education

1956 Ph.D. in Economics UVA

University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands with high honours Thesis: "De Nederlandse Papiernijverheid in de 19de Eeuw".

1951 M.A. in Economics UVA

University of Amsterdam Dissertation: "Guaranteed Wage System"

1948 B.A. in Economics UVA

University of Amsterdam

Academic Experience

1990-Present

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

1988-Present

Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences

1973-1990

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

1968-1970

Lecturer, Business Administration, Tel Aviv University

Other Activities

1960-1988

Adjunct Director Export Market Research Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Israel

1958-1959

Israel Export Institute, Tel Aviv

1957-1958

Nesher Cement Works, Haifa, Israel

1953-1956

Assistant Director Hollandsche Papier Industrie NV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1952-1953

Assistant Account Executive, Lintas, Unilever, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1942-1945

Farmhand during German occupation of The Netherlands in W.W. II

Publications

Publications

  1. Contributions on Economic History in various Encyclopaedia's
  2. Reports on behalf of Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade on markets and marketing problems in various countries
  3. De Nederlandse Papiernijverheid in de 19de eeuw, 's-Gravenhage, 1957 (with English summary)
  4. Some notes on wind- and watermills in Israel, 1962
  5. A Corner of Jewish Economic History: Activities of Jews in the Dutch Textile Industry of the 19th century, Jerusalem 1984
  6. Jews opting for Industry: some achievements of a Minority in the Industrialization in The Netherlands; Bar Ilan Discussion Paper, Ramat Gan, 1984;
  7. From Pedlars to Textile Barons, the Economic Development of a Jewish Minority Group in The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1989
  8. Genealogy of M.E. de Vries and B.W, de Vries, Tel Aviv, 1990 (together with twin brother)
  9. Ashkenazi Cholent and Spanish Pepper. The colourful Ancestry of Annemarie de Vries-Broekhuijsen, Tel Aviv, 1994
  10. Of Mettle and Metal. From Court Jews to world-wide Industrialists, Amsterdam, 2000
  11. Remi: Portrait of a young Dutch Jew in the Holocaust, Herzliyya 2003
  12. David's Diary.Memoirs of a Jewish family during the German occupation of the Netherlands.2008
  13. David’s Diary. Memoirs of a Jewish family during the German occupation of the Netherlands, 2008
  14. From mercenary to prominent Entrepreneur in the pre-industrial Netherlands, a Case History. 2013
  15. Remembering Two Aunts in the Holocaust.(Forthcoming)
Research

Economic History

Courses

Courses taught

  • Market research
  • European Economic History
  • Introduction to Economic History
  • Modern Economic History

Last Updated Date : 07/06/2022