the Second World War, Mies emigrated to the U.S. Reich continued to manage her affairs in Germany, until her death. She visited him in the U.S. in September 1939, but did not stay, returning instead to Berlin. Her studio was bombed in 1943 and she was sent to a forced labour camp where she remained until 1945. After her release at the end of the war, she was instrumental in the revival of the Deutsche Werkbund, but died in Berlin before its formal re-establishment in 1950. References Publications Conti, Giulia (2022). Lilly Reich. La rivoluzione della spazialità tessile tra emancipazione e avanguardia. Roma: TabEdizioni. ISBN 978-88-9295-208-9 External links Lilly Reich by Albert Pfeiffer, Vice President of Design Management at Knoll (company) Biography from the Werkbundarchiv Webpage of Lilly Reich organization. Biography at Kettererkunst.com Designing Modern Women 1890–1990 Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York 1885 births 1947 deaths German furniture designers German women architects 20th-century German architects 20th-century German women Academic staff of the Bauhaus Architects from Berlin Industrial designers Industrial design Furniture designers Designers Ludwig Mies van der Rohe