she returned to germany at the end of 1923 with franz jung and in 1924 (or 1928) they were married. jung lowered his political profile and both of them found work in press agency and publishing work. between 1924 and 1927 she was working for a literary and political publisher in berlin. in 1927, together with franz, cläre took a position with "deutscher feuilleton dienst", for which she would still be working, despite the intervening personal and political turmoil, till 1944. during this time, in january 1933, the nsdap (nazi party) took power, which was followed by a rapid retreat from democracy in favour of one- party government. from 1933 cläre jung was combining her publishing work with (now illegal) anti-nazi activism, working with harro schulze-boysen and others to help jewish and political victims of government oppression, and producing press releases on behalf of non-nazi, and therefore illegal, news services (so called "green reports" / ""grüne berichte""). during this period, in 1937, franz and cläre jung were divorced when franz, identified as an unquiet government opponent, was obliged to escape to switzerland (and forced to move on to hungary two years later). it is clear from subsequent correspondence after 1944 when franz's daughter (by an earlier marriage) died, that the two did not entirely lose contact following the divorce however.