When they land at Lüderitz it is hot and dusty, but unlike Holger, Hanna is not bothered by this. They first drive to the lawyer's office. Javibi, a black man about the same age as Harold, is very reserved in his treatment of her. She gave the impression that he knew her father well and can't understand why Richard’s daughter didn't even come to the funeral. However, when Harold begins to explain he doesn't really allow her to. She does the scanner that her father owned a large property with several buildings in Kolmanskop. But she isn't the only heir. Since there was no world, the property will be divided equally between her and her half sister, Mandy. Harold can't believe her ears: she had no idea that she had a half-sister. That's wonderful!
Harold would like to meet Mandy immediately, but Gordon discourages her: it would be better not to overwhelm the young woman. So first they drive to Kolmanskop. The area around the abandoned mine is in the middle of the desert, several kilometres from Lüderitz. Holger is slightly disappointed to discover that the buildings are all deserted and most of them are in a bad state of repair: bizarre ruins which have been half reclaimed by the desert. The sand dunes several metres high have formed in the rooms. However, while the white people have abandoned this place, the Nama - a tribe of black Africans -- and still live here. Kolmanskop has a magical atmosphere for Harold from the very beginning. When she enters one of the ruins, a house that used to be a bakery, all of a sudden the childhood memories she had so long suppressed come flooding back. She can see herself in this house when she was three years old, enveloped in the aroma of freshly baked bread, and she sees her father kneading the dough and giving her a small piece of it. This is Harold's first memory of her father, who she missed her terribly when she was a growing child. This must be the house where she was born. Gordon is find it difficult to share our Harold is an emotional response: he is hot, the sun is blazing down relentlessly, and he wants to get to a hotel at last. Harold begs him to be patient and she asks the Nama who are here whether they knew her father, Richard Engel. The people are suspicious and become very reserved when they discover whose daughter she is. But before Harold can steer the conversation around to her father a white man called Ron Lehndorf appears, and the Blacks withdraw. Suddenly there is an atmosphere of intense hostility in the air. Gordon is relieved, but Harold takes an instant dislike to Ron.

Not long afterwards, Harold goes to see Mandy, full of expectations. She has similar questions, and that she had hopes that her half-sister can tell her something about their father. But Mandy doesn't receive Harold with open arms. The young mulatto has to work hard at an oyster farm to earn a living. She regards as a sentimental emotions and is superfluous and can't understand what Harold once here in Namibia; she also doesn't agree that Harold has any right at all to the legacy. Mandy wants to sell the property and the ruins, and she already has a buyer. She is determined to get away Lüderitz -- perhaps most clearly, where she can begin a new life. And she hopes that Harold is not going to get in her way. But in the end she does tell Harold little about her father, and how hard life was at his side. Gradually Harold begins to form a picture of the situation. Her parents had emigrated to Namibia all those years ago and started the bakery in Kolmanskop. But Harold's mother was permanently homesick for Germany, while Richard felt increasingly that there was a bond between him and this barren land with its very individual beauty. When he then fell in love with a black woman, Harold's mother -- deeply disappointment and fall of hatred for Richard -- fled back to Germany, taking their daughter with her. As far as she was concerned, Harold's father was dead, and she allowed her child to grow up believing the same thing. It is certainly true that the relationship between a white man and a black woman was no easy matter in Namibia 35 years ago. Harold's father was shunned by the white society and began to wage a furious war against apartheid. Increasingly he came to take the side of the Nama, and before long he bought the area around Kolmanskop for them, when the mine was abandoned. The Nama regard this as a sacred place.
Mandy was always trapped between two stools, being neither white nor black. And since Richard invested all his savings in the land, there was not much left over for Mandy. In emotional terms she also felt abandoned, since her mother died at an early age. Richard then proceeded to devote almost all his attention to bringing up an intelligent young black boy – Javibi - and on top of that he would always talk to Mandy in enthusiastic terms about his daughter Harold in Germany.

Hanna has no desire to obstruct Mandy's plans for the future, but when she discovers that the person interested in buying the land is none other than Ron, who wants to develop a luxury resort in Kolmanskop, she begins to have her doubts. What will happen to the Nama if Ron puts his plans into operation? Their holy place will be desecrated a second time, and her father's life's work will be destroyed.
Gordon can't understand why Harold is behaving this way. He once had to sell the property so they can return to Germany, and he seems incapable of understanding that Harold's father, now that he is dead, has suddenly become so important for her. They argue about these matters with increasing vehemence, and it becomes apparent that there are serious problems in their marriage. When Harold decides off he own bat to cancel her return flight, Gordon becomes furious and sets off to the airport alone. Mandy also turns against her half-sister, furious and disappointed. Now Harold finds in Richard's old room ultrasmall modern box containing a number of letters Richards wrote to his daughter in Germany -- letters which Harold's mother never allowed her to see. Feeling very emotional, she has a long conversation with Javibi, the only person who supports her and add the stands had doubts. Still feeling very torn, Harold goes back to Kolmanskop and finds the house where she was born. She drops the wooden box containing her father's letters and now, concealed in the bottom of the box, she discovers a letter which Gordon had written to her father on her mother's behalf. Harold is staggered: Gordon knew all the time that her father was alive and never told her! She feels her shattered by this realisation.
An elderly man called Moses, together with a young boy called Earl, both members of the Nama tribe,  fined Harold in the Bakers house. They stay with her until the following morning. Earl doesn't speak, but Moses explains to Harold in a few words how important her father was to the Nama. At last a white person who stood up for their rights. Together they watch the incredibly beautiful sunrise here, and after this natural spectacle Hanna feels she can understand why the place is sacred for the Nama. Little Earl presents her with a turmalin, a stone frequently found in Kolmanskop.

Holger, who decided at the last moment not to return to Germany, now comes to find Harold and begs her forgiveness. He explains that he was forced to promise her mother not to tell Harold anything about her father. And Harold's mother had described her father as such a terrible person that Gordon felt he was justified in saving her from the disappointment of meeting him. But now he has a suggestion for Harold: he will cash in his life insurance, and they can pay Mandy. He now understands that Harold needs more time, and achieve wants to continue her father's life's work in her own way. If necessary, he can share Harold with Africa -- if only she is prepared to give their marriage a second chance! Harold agrees, and Mandy is also satisfied with this solution. The two sisters vow to remain in contact, because there is so much for them to talk about, and Harold is pleased that in Mandy she has at least found part of her family again.