Her husband was
Friedrich Litten, a German jurist. She was the mother of
Hans Litten. Her account of her son's persecution and torture under the
Nazi regime, and her efforts to support him, was published in
Paris under the title
Die Hölle sieht dich an: Der Fall Litten. An English translation,
A Mother Fights Hitler, was published the same year in
London. The American edition, titled
Beyond Tears, was published in September 1940, with an added introduction and epilogue urging America to confront the threat of Nazi Germany. ==References==