Rashin tabbaci na watanni tara ya ƙare a watan Mayu 1940 sa'ad da sojojin Jamus suka mamaye Faransa. Paris ta mika wuya a ranar 14 ga Yuni. Yanzu Jamus ta mamaye Arewacin Faransa kai tsaye yayin da ke kudu, wanda ya haɗa da Rieucros, gwamnatin marigayi ta gudanar da "yanki kyauta". Yarjejeniyar
tsakanin "Vichy Faransa" da Jamusawa idan an ba da duk mutanen da ake buƙata a ba da su ga Jamusawa. Babu shakka, Maria Wachter tana cikin jerin, kuma a ƙarshen shekara ta 1941 aka ba da ita ga 'yan sandan ciki. A cikin watanni uku daga Disamba 1941 zuwa Fabrairu 1942 an shirya ta a cikin jere na kurkuku 13 (kamar yadda ta tuna daga baya), ta ƙare a Düsseldorf inda Gestapo ta yi mata tambayoyi da yawa. Gestapo sun damu da sanin komai game da shekaru biyu da ta yi a Moscow, kuma kodayake da farko ta musanta cewa ba ta taɓa zuwa Moscow ba, ya zama a bayyane yake cewa masu binciken ta sun riga sun sami cikakken bayani, daga wasu kafofin, game da lokacinta a can.