She subsequently set up her own party, the Independent Women's List, which contested 1920 Berlin state election but failed to win a seat.
[2] At her apartment on Carmerstrasse in Charlottenburg, Berlin, she organised lectures on religion, politics, and history and held Bible study groups.
Visitors to her home included Alice Salomon, Hermann Maas, Martin Niemöller, Helmut Gollwitzer, and Agnes von Zahn-Harnack, all of whom were opposed to or were persecuted by the Nazis.
After the Nazis came to power, she also provided assistance to "submerged" Jews who were living illegally while attempting to avoid deportation.
She helped them obtain ration stamps and accommodation, and assisted with attempts to escape from Germany; through her efforts, some of them were able to use the Finkenkrug youth home as a hiding place.