Rosa Andriesse was the daughter of Barend Andriesse and Mirjam Colaço Osorio. Rosa married in 1904 to Isidore Elias, who died before the war. Before Rosa and Isidore lived in Breda, they lived in Tilburg. Rosa kept a non-orthodox Jewish home.
Rosa was remembered as a "very special and artistic personality". An impressive painting made in 1902 by the portrait painter Simon Maris shows her as a beau…