In 1947 or 1948 she joined the German Economic Commission established by the occupation forces. Working closely with Bruno Leuschner [de], this involved a central role in devising the planned economic model for the new socialist German state.[6] In 1949/50 she attended a course at the Party Academy. There was a study period in Moscow.[2] In 1950/51 she served as vice president on the German Economic Commission for what had become, in October 1949, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).[2]