Such expeditions cost considerable amounts of money but Freundlich had the good fortune of being introduced to Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach by a friend. Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach was a German diplomat who had married the heiress Bertha Krupp of the Krupp family of industrialists and had taken over the family firm.
Tulad ng expeditions gastos malaki halaga ng pera ngunit Freundlich nagkaroon ng magandang kapalaran ng pagiging ipinakilala sa Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach sa pamamagitan ng isang kaibigan. Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach ay isang Aleman diplomatiko na may-asawa ang mga babaing tagapagmana Bertha Krupp ng Krupp pamilya ng mga industrialists at may kinuha sa mga pamilya na matatag.