Fatherland

Officers drive March and Jaeger to the Gestapo headquarters. The commander is Karl Krebs, a young man whom March recognizes because he was at Buhler’s home with Globus. He asks for March and Jaeger’s guns and treats them politely, but March senses danger. They’re placed in a room for several hours, and March worries about Charlie’s safety and the “interrogation” tactics the Gestapo are said to use.

Krebs returns the next morning. He allows March and Jaeger to wash up and then takes them outside. At around eight o’clock, they arrive at Buhler’s home.

The head of the detective force, Artur Nebe, is inside the home along with Globus. Globus reads his statement, which explains that the investigations of both Buhler and Stuckart’s deaths were reassigned to the Gestapo. However, in both cases, March failed to stop his investigation. Nebe seems bothered by the situation and Globus’s insistence that the Gestapo do the investigating. Globus explains that he has the backing of Reinhard Heydrich, the head of the SS. He takes March, Jaeger, and Nebe into the basement to show them why the investigation is so important.

Hidden behind a false panel in the basement, Globus reveals a small room. Inside are several paintings and sculptures, most hundreds of years old, by prominent artists.