Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Franck ya sami matsayi a "Polytekniske Læreanstalt" a Copenhagen ga Arthur von Hippel, wanda yanzu shi ne surukinsa, bayan ya auri 'yarsa Dagmar. Ya yanke shawarar samar da tsaro na kudi ga 'ya'yansa ta hanyar rarraba kyautar Nobel a tsakanin su. An ba da lambar zinare ta kanta ga Niels Bohr don kiyayewa. Lokacin da Jamus
A lokacin da sojojin Jamus suka mamaye Denmark a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1940, masanin kimiyyar Hungary George de Hevesy ya narkar da lambar zinare, tare da na Max von Laue a cikin ruwan regia don hana Jamusawa ɗaukar su. Ya sanya maganin da aka samu a kan shiryayye a cikin dakin gwaje-gwajensa a Cibiyar Niels Bohr. Bayan yakin, ya dawo ya sami maganin ba tare da damuwa ba kuma ya zubar da zinariya daga acid. Daga nan sai kungiyar ta Nobel ta sake tsara lambobin lambar yabo ta Nobel.