Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumashoko okutanga e"Kaputt", Malaparte anorondedzera nenzira yakadzama muitiro wokunyora. Akanga atanga kurinyora mumatsutso a1941, achigara mumusha waRoman Souchena mumusha weUkraine wePestchianka, uri pedyo ne"Imba yeSoviets" yemuno iyo yakatorwa neSS; musha wacho wakanga uri makiromita maviri chete kumashure kwekumberi. Souchena aiva murimi akadzidza, aiva neraibhurari duku yomumba yaiva nemabhuku akazara aPushkin naGogol. Mudzimai muduku waSouchena, akabatikana mu"Eugene Onegin" pashure pezuva rakaoma rokushanda, akayeuchidza Malaparte nezvaElena naAlda, vanasikana vaviri vaBenedetto Croce. VaSouchena vaviri vakabatsira Malaparte chirongwa chekunyora, akachengeta manyoro akavanzwa zvakanaka mumba make kuti asatsvagwa nemaGerman uye iye akaasona mumutsara wenguvo dzaMalaparte paakadzingwa kumberi kweUkraine nekuda kwechinyadzo chenyaya dzake muCorriere della Sera. Akaramba achinyora muna January naFebruary 1942, ayo akapedza ari muPoland yaitongwa nevaNazi
uye paSmolensk Front. Kubva ipapo akaenda kuFinland, kwaakapedza makore maviri - panguva yaakapedza bhuku racho rose kunze kwechitsauko chokupedzisira. Apindwa nechirwere chakakomba paPetsamo Front muLapland, akapiwa zororo rokupora muItaly. Ari munzira, Gestapo yakakwira ndege yake paTempelhof Airport muBerlin uye zvinhu zvavaifamba vose zvakanyatsotsvakwa. Nenzira yomufaro, hapana peji re"Kaputt" rakanga riri mumutoro wake. Asati abva kuHelsinki, akanga atora matanho okuvimba manyoro acho kune vanoverengeka veHelsinki-based diplomats: Count, Gurukota paSpanish Legation; Prince Dina Cantemir, Munyori weRomanian Legation; uye Titu Michai, mutori wenhau weRomania. Nebetsero yaava vamiriri, manyoro acho pakupedzisira akasvika kuMalaparte muItaly, uko akakwanisa kuadhinda.