She worked as press officer for Berlin branch of motion
picture company Metro GoldwynMayer of UK.. She joined Nazi party in 1933 and
married Harro Schulze Boysen a German airforce officer on 16 July 1936. She left Nazi party in 1937. She
helped her husband in anti Nazi activities. She was also collecting evidence of
Nazi crimes. She was arrested on Sept 8, 1942 and was tried by Reich Court
martial for espionage, preparation to commit high treason , and military
sabotage and was sentenced to death on 19 Dec 1942. She was executed on 22 Dec
1942 at Plotzensee prison at Berlin . Her husband was executed earlier.
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