[7][8][9] Shortly after the German occupation of the Netherlands, Nazi collaborator Rost von Tonningen is installed as head of the Dutch State Bank.

Walraven "Wally" van Hall, an Amsterdam financier, discovers that a Jewish colleague and his family have committed suicide after being ordered to surrender their home to the Germans.

The man is a member of the resistance, going by the alias 'van den Berg', who runs an illegal fund that pays escaped sailors to work for the Dutch government-in-exile.

Von Tonningen informs Wally's brother, Gijsbrecht "Gijs" van Hall, about his suspicions of illegal activity and notifies him that large-denomination bills will be removed from circulation.

Wally recruits Gijs to help run the resistance fund and the two brothers plug their networks to rapidly disperse the large-denomination cash they've already collected.

Resistance courier Jeanette Veentra loses her nerve in front of a German patrol and is exposed carrying pro-Dutch newspapers.

Her boyfriend, Jonas van Berkel, pleads for her release but the Germans are aware of his resistance ties and offer an ultimatum, aid in the capture of fellow members or face imprisonment.

The Germans apprehend and eventually execute Van den Berg after he knocks on the door of a compromised resistance residence.

Gijs appears to meet with a group of Dutch officials who are irked to hear that he and Wally have stolen more in treasury bonds than the government guaranteed in reimbursement.

Members of the resistance, including Huub, tail van Berkel to a church where he meets with a German officer.