Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1940, Red Army yakatora nzvimbo yacho
; nzvimbo yakapoteredza guta yakazozivikanwa seChernivtsi Oblast, uye yakapiwa kuUkraine SSR neSoviet Union. Rakaramba richigarwa neSoviet Union kubva muna June 1940 kusvika muna July 1941. Pasi pehurumende yemudzvinyiriri wechiuto Ion Antonescu, Romania yakanga yashanduka kubva pakuva mubatsiri weFrance neBritain kuenda kune imwe yeNazi Germany; gare gare, muna Chikunguru 1941, Mauto eRomania akatorazve guta sechikamu chekurwiswa kweAxis kuSoviet Union muHondo Yenyika II. MunaAugust 1941, Antonescu akarayira kugadzirwa kweghetto munzvimbo yakaderera yeguta, uko zviuru makumi mashanu zvevaJudha veBukovina vakaunganidzwa, zvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu zvacho zvaizodzingwa muna Gumiguru 1941 uye kutanga kwa1942 kuenda kuTransnistria, uko ruzhinji rwakaparara. Meya weRomania weguta racho Traian Popovici akakwanisa kunyengetedza Antonescu kuti awedzere chiverengero chavaJudha vanobvisirwa kudzingwa kubva pa 200 kusvika ku 20 000. Muna 1944, apo mauto eAxis akadzingwa neRed Army, guta racho rakabatanidzwazve muUkraine SSR. Mumakore akatevera, vaJudha vakawanda vakatamira kuIsraeri; guta racho raiva nzvimbo inokosha munharaunda yeBerihah. VaPolish vokuBukovina vakadzingwa nevaSoviet pashure peHondo Yenyika II. Guta racho rakanga rava revaUkraine vakawanda. Nezvinoitika zveHondo yeNyika II chinjo dzakakomba dzakaitika kugadziriro yorudzi yavagari vomunzvimbomo. VaGerman vakadzoserwa kuGermany, uye vaRomania vakati kuti vakadzokera kuRomania. "Upenyu hwetsika nemagariro evanhu" hweUkraine hwakakanganiswa zvachose, vatungamiriri vakawanda vakaiswa mujeri, uye vanhu vokuUkraine vakadzingwa. Zvikurukuru, vaJudha vazhinji vakaurawa sorutivi rweHolocaust. Guta racho rakatambura zvikuru, richiparadzwawo zvikuru.