 On 1 May 1933 a demonstration was organised locally, with red banners improvised from bedding hung from apartment windows, but the banners were hurriedly taken in when Nazi paramilitaries appeared on the scene.On 2 May 1933 the apartment she shared was "occupied" by fascists, but she was nevertheless able to continue with her party work till her arrest in May 1934.She took a leading role in underground distribution of the "Rote Fahne" newspaper and other Communist publications in the Hamburg region.