ABSTRACT
Ursula, in her memoirs, relates that after her return to Germany she was keen to rejoin the German Communist Party. However, as she was nominally still a serving officer in the Soviet military she could not do this without Moscow's permission. The year 1953 saw an uprising of German Democratic Republic (GDR) workers against newly imposed productivity demands and increased work norms. In that same year Ursula began having her own difficulties with the new director of her department, and when she once forgot to lock a safe, she was accused of 'insufficient vigilance' (even though no confidential papers or other valuable items were held in it) and was told she should resign. Ursula's life became divided between writing and giving talks, readings and addressing meetings up and down the country about the anti-fascist struggle.
