The Rosens must go into hiding or risk being relocated by the Nazis. Peter Neilsen, Lise's fiancé and a member of the Resistance, takes Ellen's parents with him on the eve of the Jewish New Year. Ellen stays with Annemarie and her family pretending to be Annemarie's sister. The tone is suspenseful as Nazi soldiers demand entrance to the Johansens' apartment in the middle of the night, searching for the Rosens. Terrified, Annemarie notices that Ellen has on her Star of David necklace. Annemarie yanks the necklace from Ellen's neck and hides it in her hand. Because Ellen has dark hair and Annemarie and Kirsti have blonde hair, the soldiers question Annemarie's father about Ellen's identity. He corroborates Ellen's story, telling the soldiers that she is Lise. Mr. Johansen produces a picture of his dead daughter, Lise, who had dark hair as an infant. The soldiers reluctantly accept the picture as proof and before they leave the apartment, they spitefully destroy the pictures.
The next day, Mrs. Johansen takes Annemarie, Kirsti, and Ellen to her brother's farmhouse which is in Gilleleje, near the coast. Annemarie knows the trip is not a vacation, but she doesn't understand what is going on. The night before, when her parents telephoned her uncle, they seemed to be talking in code. They talked about "good days for fishing" and transporting cigarettes. Although Annemarie knows her Uncle Henrik, is a fisherman, she doesn't know that he has been transporting Danish Jews to neutral Sweden by hiding them in a secret hollowed out area in the bottom of his boat.
The trip to Uncle Henrik's is extremely dangerous. On the train, the Nazis question Mrs. Johansen and when Kirsti starts to talk to the soldiers, they fear she will innocently reveal that Ellen is Jewish. At Uncle Henrik's, Annemarie is told that her Great-aunt Birte has died and that people are going to gather at the house to pay their final respects. Annemarie is confused because she doesn't have a Great-aunt Birte. A casket arrives at the farmhouse and soon after, strangers gather at the house and sit near the casket. Peter Neilsen arrives with Ellen's parents. Annemarie realizes that all of the people are Jews. Nazi soldiers arrive and question Annemarie about the contents of the casket. She bravely tells them that her Great-aunt Birte has died. She understands how dangerous the situation is and soon learns that her Uncle Henrik is going to smuggle the Jews across the sea to Sweden. The casket is full of blankets and warm clothing for the Jews to take on their journey.
