Friedelind was not without plans. On the contrary, she held a cornucopia of them. Nor did she have a problem committing them to paper. Besides giving lectures she also wrote for various journals such as the German-language Aufbau. Founded in 1934 as the monthly newspaper of the German-Jewish Association, it helped German Jews to stay in touch in the USA, offered a venue for authors to write in their native German, and also gave advice to émigrés on finding a place to live, finding work and generally getting acclimatized. Friedelind had long cast off her early anti-Semitism and her circle of friends already included many who were Jewish.

She got up late and used her mornings to write letters and articles on her typewriter. Then she took a bath and, when the maid came at 2pm to tidy up, she would leave for her various appointments. Attending concerts remained her elixir of life. These included a series by the New York Philharmonic under Toscanini. She was particularly looking forward to a charity concert in late November 1942 when the Maestro was going to conduct only works by Wagner: ‘The young man is 75 now, but looking at his concert-schedule one wouldn't expect it.’