After her trip to Spain she wrote "Front de la liberte. Espagne 1937–1938" (1938). She spent time with the Republicans fighting against the Nationalists. In 1945, she wrote a novel based on her reportage for the "Front de la liberte". She met Spanish poet Juan Chabás and soon married him in 1938. When Germany invaded France in May 1940, she and her husband were able to catch the last boat to Mexico on June 15, 1940. She spent most of the Second World War there. After the war, she returned to reporting. She wrote a book about Danielle Casanova, a militant communist that was a member of the French Resistance.