In the aftermath of the war, she and her family were relocated to Thuringia, which was located in the newly formed German Democratic Republic.
At an agricultural exhibition in Leipzig, her talents were recognized by the Chairman of the LPG Banzkow, who recruited her, and she relocated to Bezirk Schwerin.
She joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1965 and in January 1968, at just 24 years old and already married with children, she was elected Chairwoman of the LPG 'Clara Zetkin'.
She instantly achieved celebrity status in the country, and she was considered a prototype of the modern, young East German woman.
In addition to her duties as a farm chairperson and mother, she was a distance learning student at the University of Rostock and a member of the district management of the Free German Youth in Schwerin.