Family connections brought Von Coler to the attention of the Nazi Party, leading to the German Foreign Office sending her to Romania.

In 1902, her parents separated, and her mother then married the sculptor, painter and graphic artist Karl Ludwig Manzel, whose circle of acquaintances included Kaiser Wilhelm II.

[1] After she became the dramaturgical director of the Preußisches Staatstheater, it was rumored that she was the protegé of Hanns Johst, or Joseph Goebbels,[2] and also that her theater work was only a cover for her to act as a "salon spy" for Himmler.

On 26 October 1938, Von Coler met Fabritius and Helmut Wolff, chairman of the German People's Council for Transylvania.

[1] Von Coler reported in November 1938 to Werner Lorenz, the head of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, about the successful settlement of the dispute: "Both claim to be the true representatives of the new worldview ...".

She asked Lorenz in September 1939 "to take energetic steps" as "The careless behavior of the ethnic Germans endangers our work... although they are no help due to their small number, they are of the greatest importance here ”.

[1] Although Von Coler officially worked as a journalist, she played a key role in preparing the German–Romanian Economic Treaty, which was signed on 23 March 1939, securing oil and grain exports from Romania to Germany.

In late June 1940, the Romanian government gave in to a Soviet ultimatum and allowed Moscow to annex both Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.

[1] The Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina inspired Hungary to demand the return of Transylvania, but Hungarian-Romanian negotiations collapsed.

[1] After the war, the Allies briefly interned Von Coler in Moosburg an der Isar, eventually releasing her after efforts by her daughter, Jutta Schröder.

In the chapter, Waldeck stated: "Everyone at the Athenée Palace considered Frau Von Color a Mata Hari, 1940 fashion, a simplification that made everyone happy.

To this day, most Germans in Romania do not understand that they were brought into line as early as 1938 and not only in September 1940 with the appointment of Andreas Schmidt as ethnic group leader; this was only their most visible consequence.