A watan Yuni ko Yuli 1940 Gertrud Isolani da 'yarta suna cikin waɗanda suka tsere daga sansanin Gurs. Sun sami damar haɗuwa da mijinta kuma da alama sun kasance a matsayin uku cewa suna rayuwa "a karkashin kasa" a Vichy Faransa. Rayuwa a ɓoye yana nufin ba za a yi musu rajista a majami'ar garin da suke ba. A cikin shekaru biyu 1940 - 1942 iyakantaccen ikon da hukumomin Jamus suka ba wa gwamnatin marigayi karkashin Maréchal Pétain ya ragu a hankali. A watan Nuwambar 1942 sojojin Jamus sun mamaye kudancin Faransa da karfi, a wani bangare a matsayin martani ga
zuwan sojojin Amurka a Arewacin Afirka na Faransa. A wannan lokacin gendarmes na Faransa a garuruwa kuma, musamman, manyan biranen suna ƙara kasancewa tare ko maye gurbinsu da jami'an Gestapo masu kayan aiki. 1942 ita ce shekarar da aka fara fitar da Yahudawa na Jamus a Faransa: rahotanni na gaggawa sun nuna cewa wadanda aka gano da kuma kama su an aika su ta hanyar jirgin kasa zuwa sansanonin kisan Jamus a gabas. Haɗarin ga Yahudawa na Jamus (da sauran 'yan gudun hijirar "siyasa" na Jamus) da ke zaune a ɓoye a kudancin Faransa sun karu da haɗarin haɗari daga hukumomi ga kowane ɗan ƙasar Faransa da ke taimaka musu. A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1942, tare da 'yarta (a wannan lokacin da ta yi mummunan rauni), kuma bayan ƙoƙari biyu da suka kasa ƙetare iyakar, Ursula Isolani ya yi nasarar ƙetare iyakar zuwa Switzerland. Majiyoyi sun fi yin shiru game da inda Isolani yake da ayyukanta tsakanin tserewarta daga Camp Gurs da isowarta Switzerland, kuma wannan shiru ya kai ga hanyoyin tserewa daga Faransa da aka mamaye. A shekara ta 1969, Isolani ta gaya wa wani mai ganawa da ita cewa ta tsira ne domin "sa'a, da wayo, kuma musamman, domin taimakon mutane masu kirki da yawa".