Steinmetz was taken by train to Fresnes Prison, a short distance to the south of Paris. Fresnes was during this period a vast Gestapo facility, and Tucek also made the move. At Fresnes she faced further interrogation by Tucek who now threatened to shoot her. From Fresnes she was moved, on 7 August 1944, to the nearby Drancy internment camp which was a collection point for the Auschwitz deportations. Steinmetz was one of those liberated on 17 August 1944, however. The next week Paris itself was liberated. Selma Steinmetz remained in Paris till 1945: much of her time was dedicated to caring for concentration camp survivors.