 True to her patriotic convictions, during the First World War Martha Goldberg supported an appeal for donations by the "Flottenbundes Deutscher Frauen "(a women's union in support of the German navy) for the districts of Vegesack and Kreis Blumenthal.Towards the end of the war and in the year 1919, she was involved in a relief initiative by the "Vaterländischen Frauenverein" (Patriotic Women's Association), in which food was distributed, primarily to malnourished children.In Lesum at that time, poverty was widespread, particularly in families with many children.