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