Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1940, Tarayyar Soviet tare da yardar Nazi Jamus,
sun mamaye Bessarabia, kuma sun kirkiro Moldavian SSR, suna rufe kasuwancin masu zaman kansu, da makarantun addini. Ƙungiyar aikin gona ta kasance tare. Bayan shekara guda, Sojojin Romania, yanzu sun yi kawance da Nazi Jamus, sun kori Soviets kuma sun dawo da Bessarabia. A ranar 3 ga Yuli, 1941, yahudawan Zgurița waɗanda ba su gudu ba an tattara su, an tura su zuwa ghettos na ɗan lokaci a Bessarabia, kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka tura su zuwa Transnistria, inda aka cram su cikin ƙananan ghettos, waɗanda ke fama da rashin abinci mai gina jiki da cuta. Yawancin yahudawa sun mutu a Transnistria.