After a few months, she managed to escape and travelled to Montpellier, where she enrolled briefly as a student before finding her way to Rodez and to Pastor Exbrayat, who helped her to obtain false papers; she consequently became Louise Escoffier from the Alsace region. She remained in touch with Henri Langlois, who was in Paris, and was placing cans of film in secret locations around the country to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Nazis.
She eventually escaped after a few months and made her way to Montpellier, where she briefly attended school before heading to Rodez and meeting Pastor Exbrayat, who helped her acquire fake identification; as a result, she became Louise Escoffier from Alsace. She kept in touch with Henri Langlois in Paris and covertly placed film cans in secret spots across the country to evade Nazi capture.