Nichols tries to find Muller, but the U.S. consulate has no power and Anna's German grandparents are too frightened to help. Nichols' friend Franz Erhart suggests that the professor get permission from the Ministry of Education to inspect a certain labor camp, where Muller is likely being held. Nichols happens to meet Gestapo Colonel Henkel and his aide and protégé Bruner. Henkel approves Nichols' request to visit Muller but, in private, the young Bruner tries to dissuade Nichols. He says that Muller has become "a model German." Nichols cannot believe this and finds he is right when he speaks privately with Muller at the camp. She discourages Nichols from trying to rescue her, as it would be too dangerous and stands little chance of success.