1944 she was sent by  Oberaufseherin   Gerda Steinhoff  to the  Bromberg-Ost  (Broming East) subcamp. On January 21, 1945, the 24-years old Bothe accompanied a  death march  of women prisoners from central Poland to the  Bergen Belsen concentration camp near  Celle . While en route to Bergen-Belsen she and the prisoners stayed