Ka cika wannan jumla: A lokacin Austrofascist, tsakanin 1934 da 1938, an kama Kovarik sau biyu saboda ayyukanta na siyasa. A shekara ta 1938 tana da shekara 19, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin jami'in gidan waya, wanda aka ba shi aiki a bankin ajiyar gidan waya ("Postparkasse"). 1938 ita ce shekarar "Anschluss". Mutane da yawa sun yi maraba da shigar da Austria cikin Nazi Jamus, amma waɗanda ke gefen hagu na siyasa ba su yi ba. Ta shiga kungiyar matasa'yan gurguzu da jagorancin. A lokacin yakin "Soldatenrat" ya ƙware a rubuce da aika wasiƙu ga membobin sojojin, suna kiran su da su gudu. Sauran mambobin kungiyar tare da Kovarik sun kasance kuma Elfriede Hartmann wanda aka duka biyu, kamar Rabofsky kansa, kashe kafin
A shekara ta 1945. A cikin gidanta a Vienna-Favoriten ta shirya aikin takarda don "aikin soja". Bugu da kari ta kasance tana da alhakin sadarwa tare da mambobin kungiyar adawa a Graz, a kudancin kasar.