Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1941, Wattenberg ta shiga cikin Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE), wanda ta yi takardun karya ga Yahudawa don tserewa zuwa kudancin Faransa. An kama mahaifiyarta a lokacin Vel' d'Hiv Roundup
a shekarar 1942, kuma Wattenberg ta samu nasarar sakin ta ta hanyar tabbatar da cewa ta yi aiki a masana'antar samar da tufafi ga membobin sojojin Jamus.