Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Gumiguru 1939<unk>chinguva chiduku mushure mekupinda kwePoland uye kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II<unk>, "Însemnări Ieșene" yakabudisa nyaya yake ichinyunyuta kudzoka kwemunhu kune "mhuka" yake uye kuratidza kutya kuti hupenyu hwemazuva ano hwakanga hwaita kuti varwi vasave nehanya nevanopfuura. Popa akapupurira zviitiko zvakazotevera ari parutivi. National Renaissance Front yakawa kubva musimba pashure pokubvuma kurasikirwa nenharaunda mukufarira Hungary neSoviet Union. Aive chikamu cheGrand Caucus yeYunivhesiti, iyo yakaburitsa kuratidzira kwakasarudzika kupokana nekubviswa kweNorthern Transylvania. Nenyaya chaiyo uye zvinyorwa mu "Însemnări Ieșene", Popa akachemawo kurasikirwa kweBessarabia neNorth Bukovina
. Anetswa neIron Guard, iyo yakamuisa pamutsetse mutema nokuda kwokuponda, Popa akakwanisa kupukunyuka hurumende yake ye"National Legionary State", yakaparidzwa muna September 1940. Zvisinei, "Însemnări Ieșene" yakarambidzwa, nevamwe vevashandi vayo vakaendeswa ku "Cetatea Moldovei" yakafuridzirwa nechiFascist. A Iași yekurapa fakaroti yekuchenesa komisheni, inotungamirwa nevarume veIron Guard, yakakurudzira kuchinjiswa kwaPopa "kune imwe nzvimbo yesainzi", ichidudza "pfungwa dzekuruboshwe" dzaPopa sechikonzero.