 In the summer of 1930 she became head of the women's section for the regional leadership team in Berlin-Brandenburg, after which she headed up the Women's Section of the Party Central Committee till June 1932.The period was one of continuing factionalism within the German Communist Party, which directly mirrored the power struggle that had been unfolding in Moscow during which Stalin was able to remove opponents from positions of influence.In Berlin Gropper was released from her party duties because she was a member of the Neumann-Remmele faction, which had opposed the pro-Stalin elements in the party.