 Others engaged in the project were Helene Wessel (Centre party) and ( Communist).The overall organisation comprised 20 - 30 women divided into five working groups which devised practical proposals for the struggle to overcome the postwar emergencies.Urgent tasks included collection and distribution of food, organising coal allocations, getting the schools back into operation, arranging accommodation for the flood of refugees from the east, establishing nursery schools and the setting up of setting up laundry and cooking facilities.