Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Papera gore, Romania yakazviwana yava pakati peSoviet Union neNazi Germany. Pakupera kwa 1940, akanga ava
rakapa Bessarabia kuSoviet Union ndokusiya Northern Transylvania kuHungary yaitsigira Nazi. Kutevera kubhuroka kwe "Jurnalul Literar", Călinescu akave aripo nguva dzose mu "Iașul". Zvakare mu "Iașul", Ivașcu akanyora chinyorwa chezvematongerwo enyika, "Situația" ("Mamiriro ezvinhu"), achitsoropodza zvakanyanya mambo, achishungurudza kuswedera kwenyika neNazi Germany, uye achirumbidza maWestern Allies. Muna July 1940, akazviwana asungwa, achibvunzurudzwa nevakuru vakuru.