 He was hidden by Communists in Berlin and was also able to send a letter to his wife, informing her of his escape.By chance, he ran into Jacob in the S-Bahn and immediately began working with Jacob and Saefkow to form the leadership team of three of the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein Organization.He helped create an illegal network of the Free Germany Movement ("Bewegung Freies Deutschland") in Berlin-Brandenburg.