Elisabeth Andriesse was the eldest of the three children of Salomon Andriesse, who was married to his second cousin 5th degree Rosa Andriesse. Elisabeth was born on 25 May 1917 and lived with her parents at Gestelschestraat 58 in Eindhoven. As she later has worked as a maid, she might has been employed already previously too as a maid in her own hometown.
When she was 20 years old, Elisabeth left for The Hague on 25 January 1937, where she then started working as a maid for Salomon Koster in The Hague, who had a pastry shop at Beeklaan 195. Since November 1936, Salomon Koster had become the widower of Broentje Hes and he remarried on 20 January 1937 to Annaatje ten Brink. But Elisabeth Andriesse left again the Koster family already five months later; on 4 June 1937 she left The Hague and returned home to Eindhoven.
At the end of November 1941, Elisabeth left for Amsterdam. There she worked as a maid for the stockbroker Salomon Acohen, who lived with his wife Suze and two sons Rudolf and Max at Rubensstraat 77 ground floor in Amsterdam South. Elisabeth also lived in with the Achohen family.
On 12 July 1942, Elisabeth Andriesse was registered in Westerbork and four days later, on 16 July she was deported to Auschwitz. The transport contained 895 persons, including 309 Jews from Camp Amersfoort, who arrived in Westerbork on the day of departure for Auschwitz. It was the second transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz.
The deportation train has arrived in Auschwitz ±18 or 19 July 1942 and it is known that Elisabeth also arrived there according to transport lists Westerbork-Auschwitz. It is not known what the fate of Elisabeth was subsequently; whether she was still employed there and if so where, because it is not known where she would have ended up. The exact date on which Elisabeth died there is also unknown.
After the war, the Dutch authorities determined, partly on the basis of testimonies of survivors and research by the Red Cross, that Elisabeth Andriesse could no longer be alive after 30 September 1942. The Ministry of Justice then commissioned the Municipality of Eindhoven to draw up a death certificate for Elisabeth Andriesse, which states that she died on 30 September 1942 in Auschwitz.
Sources include website Openarchieven.nl/birth certificate 62 drawn up in Eindhoven for Elisabeth Andriesse; Archives of the Municipality of The Hague/family registration cards of Elisabeth Andriesse and of Salomon Koster; Amsterdam City Archives, archive cards of Elisabeth Andriesse and of Salomon Acohen, residence card Rubensstraat 77 ground floor with Elisabeth Andriesse and Salomon Acohen; website Jodentransporten uit Nederland.nl/transport 16 July 1942 and the death certificate no. 70 dated 1 September 1950 from the A-register 48-folio 13verso, drawn up in Amsterdam for Elisabeth Andriesse.