 Her daughter's family managed to emigrate to West Germany in 1982, but Ingeborg stayed in the German Democratic Republic till its end, and died in Weimar less than three years after the reunification.Inge von Wangenheim's literary output includes novels, memoirs, essays and travel books.She produced novels covering the creation and development phase of the German Democratic Republic, such as "Am Morgen ist der Tag ein Kind", an account of the uprising of 17 June 1953 from the perspective of The Party.