Brazil's Deputy Consul João Guimarães Rosa arrives in Hamburg on the eve of World War II to meet Aracy De Carvalho, a consulate clerk who's secretly smuggling Jews out of Nazi Germany.

Aracy redoubles her efforts to secure visas to Brazil after the shooting of a German diplomat in Paris unleashes a campaign of violence against Jews in Hamburg.

As the Nazis begin sending Jews to prison, João must persuade Aracy that he's serious about joining her rescue efforts.

As Zumkle launches an investigation of corrupt officials in Hamburg, he looks to link João to the illegal sale of Brazilian visas.

As Aracy steps up her efforts to help refugees flee Germany, Colonel Zumkle continues to try and come between her and João.

Following an attempt by the resistance to assassinate a top Nazi, Zumkle redoubles his efforts to get João reassigned from Hamburg.