Paula Grogger belonged to the illegal Nazi Bund of German writers in Austria. After the Austrian Annexation, in 1938, she paid homage to Adolf Hitler in the "Confession book of German poets". When the Gestapo, however, concerning Grogger's political stance, presented a request to the District Administrator of Gröbming, he replied on 6 November 1939: ″To this day she made no positive contribution to National Socialism.″