A federal dragnet captures many agents and their accomplices. On March 13, 1938, Hitler annexed Austria. Renard warns Kassell's wife that the Gestapo men have made bail. Karl returns home from meeting Erika and lies to his wife. He packs and refused to take her with him. She does not warn him, and when he goes out, the Gestapo captures him and takes him to the "Bismarck". In Germany, he is told to claim that he was tortured. In New York, Hilda is given the same instructions.