 In Chapter 26 of The Decisive Years (published in 2013), there is evidence of her friendship with Kafka's fiancee Felice Bauer, on whose behalf Grete Bloch intervened when Kafka broke their engagement.At that time, the letters between Kafka and his fiancee mention Bloch being in some unknown trouble.Later during the war, Grete Bloch, as did all the internees, worked hard to find ways to leave Italy.