Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna June 1940, rinenge gore rimwe muHondo Yenyika II, Soviet Union yakaita zvayo
basa reBessarabia. Ikoku kwakagamuchirwa sechishamiso muRomania, uko hurumende yakabatana neAxis yakatora nzvimbo, naIon Antonescu ari pairi. Mumwedzi yakatevera, hurumende, iyo yakagara nhaka uye yakasimbisa mitemo inorwisana nevaJudha yakapfuura mukupera kwema1930, yakavaka dzidziso yekurangana, ichipomera vaJudha nokuda kwekugara kweSoviet uye nokuda kwezviito zvinonzi zveutsinye. Mhosva dzacho dzakabva dzarambwa nevatungamiriri vemunharaunda vakadai saHoria Carp naWilhelm Filderman, asi, sezvakanyorwa nemunyori wenhoroondo Dennis Deletant, "zvinhu izvi [...] hazvina zvazvakanga zvaita kuvakuru vemauto eRomania muna 1940. Pfungwa yose yokurwisana nevaJudha yakavakirwa pakuramba chose chose zvinhu izvi". Maererano nouchapupu hwaLandau hwapashure, vamwe vevaJudha vake veChișinău, pamwe kusanganisira nhengo dzemhuri yake, vakatumirwa kuGulag pasi pehutongi hweSoviet.