From Ravensbrück, she was sent on several forced labour details. On one, at Torgau, she met another British agent, Violette Szabo, and they plotted an escape; but Szabo was moved on before they could put a plan into action. In April, when she was at the Markleberg labour camp, the Russians were advancing from the east, and Didi Nearne and other labourers were sent on a forced march by night. Realising that this was her best opportunity of escape, She ran off into a forest with two Frenchwomen and fled westwards.