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…