Kammala wannan jumla: Dorohoi ya kasance babban birnin gundumar Dorohoi, amma an rage shi zuwa gari lokacin da Tarayyar Soviet
Ya mamaye Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina a ƙarshen Yuni 1940. A ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1940, rukunin Sojojin Romania sun kai wa Yahudawa hari a cikin wani kisan gilla. Gwamnatin Romania ba ta amince da waɗannan ayyukan soja a kan yahudawa ba. Sa'ad da rundunar sojoji suka gano makircin da aka yi wa Yahudawa, sai suka aika da sojoji don su kawo ƙarshen zaluncin.