She received the title Righteous Among the Nations in 1976 and was also awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

She experienced a free and exploratory period as a member of the Wandervogel (Wandering Bird), a German youth group that valued nature and hiking.

[2] Uhrbach studied at a convent school, taking an accelerated program through which she earned her high-school diploma and teaching certificate in 1916.

[3] Knowing Wirth and Gertrud Bäumer, Flügge socialized with like-minded women who were interested in democracy and reform.

The form of government changed from a republic to a dictatorship, and laws were enacted that classified people by their worth to the country.

[3][9] Children with blond hair (considered the most Ayran-looking) were seated toward the front of buses when the school embarked on outings.

Flügge brought the excluded students to the small village of Ollsen, where she rented a large house, but her actions displeased the school.

[12] Because Flügge would not assist in the deportation of Jewish children (Kinderlandverschickung), she worked as a clerk in the school's nutrition office.

[13] She was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1981 for having protected Jewish refugees at great danger to herself.