She was married to Paul Hatschek, a leading member of the resistance group, the European Union and who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943.

They lived in Berlin, where he was one of the leading members of the German Resistance group, the European Union[1] and worked to bring about the downfall of the Third Reich.

After investigating, the Gestapo arrested Hatschek on September 3, 1943, subjecting him to intensive interrogation that same day.

[3] All three were sentenced to death and executed by guillotine,[note 1] her husband on May 15, 1944, at Brandenburg-Görden Prison, his daughter at Plötzensee on August 11, 1944.

[3][5] In November 1944, Elli Hatschek was charged with being connected with the European Union and with Wehrkraftzersetzung,[6] a term that means "subversion of the military" and under the Nazis, was a crime that included undermining the war effort.