[1] From 1927 she also edited, with Miriam Scheuer, the periodical that she established, titled Blätter der Jüdischen Frau, a woman's supplement of the Jewish weekly Selbstwehr.
[1][2] Following Hitler's rise to power, Steiner's role increasingly focussed on German refugees.
[1] In December 1938, along with Schmolka and Martin Blake, she asked Nicholas Winton to hold off his skiing holiday in the Alps and visit Prague instead.
[5] The Czech police helped the Gestapo arrest both Steiner and Schmolka in March 1939, and they were sent to Pankrác Prison, where they were tortured.
[6] Following the onset of the Second World War, when Schmolka was in Paris before moving to London, Steiner took over her roles at Prague.