 She worked as a servant at the home of von Bodmann till May 1945 when war ended, her employer killed himself, and Emmi Thoma returned home to Berlin.The part of Germany surrounding Berlin now found itself administered as the Soviet occupation zone.Between 1945 and 1956 she worked for the Party Executive (""Partei Vorstand"") which in due course became the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party ("Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands" / SED).