Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ko da yake har yanzu yana da alaƙa da Iron Guard, Cecan a ƙarshe ya yi ƙaura zuwa Carol II na National Renaissance Front a 1938. A karshen watan Yuni na shekara ta 1940,
Soviet Union ta mallaki Bessarabia, kuma nan da nan NKVD ta kama Cecan. Gwamnatin Moldavian SSR ta yi amfani da labaransa na antisemitic da membobinsa na PNSR a kansa. A ranar 13 ga Maris, 1941, Kotun Kishinev ta yanke masa hukuncin kisa a matsayin "mai adawa da juyin juya hali", yana mai ambaton Mataki na 54-11 da 54-13 na Dokar Laifuka ta Ukraine. An dakatar da hukuncinsa yayin da ake sake yin la'akari da ayyukansa a matsayin Russophile; wasu 'yan siyasa sun shiga tsakani a madadinsa tare da Lavrentiy Beria, Mataimakin Firayim Minista na lokacin. Koyaya, dalilinsa ya zama ba za a iya kare shi ba a watan Yunin 1941, tare da haɗin gwiwar Jamus da Romaniya kan Soviet Union. A ranar 27 ga Yuni, kwana biyar bayan fara yakin, NKVD ta harbe Cecan a asirce. Kodayake wasu ayyukan sun nuna cewa wannan ya faru ne a kurkukun Kishinev, fayilolin NKVD sun rubuta wurin mutuwarsa a matsayin Tiraspol.