 It was through the efforts of French left-wing intellectuals led by Magdeleine Paz that Serge was released and allowed to return to Belgium and then France in April 1936.In 1935 Magdeleine Paz joined the "Comité de liaison contre la guerre et l‟union sacrée" (Liaison committee against war and the "union sacrée"), a pacifist organization.In the early 1930s Magdeleine Paz became a member of the "Ligue des droits de l’Homme" (League of Human Rights), representing the Socialist Party.