Kammala wannan jumla: "An tsare shi a yankin Soviet bayan
A lokacin mamayar Bessarabia, NKVD ta daure Cecan. Wadanda suka kama shi sun harbe shi a lokacin da Soviet ta janye a 1941. A ƙarshen 1940, an tura Carol II ya yi murabus, wanda Garkuwar Iron ta kafa "Jam'iyyar Legionary ta Kasa". Wannan ya ci gaba har zuwa yakin basasa na 1941, lokacin da Ion Antonescu ya zama mai mulkin kama karya, ko "Conducător". Antonescu ya rufe kawancen Romania da Axis Powers, amma yana karkashin matsin lamba daga Berlin don samar da sabon sigar Iron Guard; a matsayin madadin, jami'an gwamnatin Romania sun ba da shawarar kafa sabuwar Jam'iyyar Socialist ta Kasa. Ba a taɓa aiwatar da wannan aikin ba, "amma ba don rashin masu bi ba". A cewar wani rahoto na baya, masanin ilimin zamantakewa Mihai Ralea na ɗaya daga cikin mutanen da ke ba da shawarar PNSR a ƙarƙashin shugabancin Antonescu. A wannan lokacin, Ștefan Tătărescu ya yi ritaya daga siyasar ƙasa, yana gudanar da hadin gwiwar a gundumar Vâlcea. An bayar da rahoton cewa, son cin hanci da rashawa ya fusata Antonescu, wanda ya ba da umarnin a kama shi ba tare da shari'a ba a sansanin fursuna.