Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati maMarch, Pântea pachake akamanikidzwa kurega chivakwa cheHoro yeGuta, achichipa kuvaGermany. Pashure pemhemberero dzokuonekana paYunivhesiti nomumafekitari, iye nomudzimai wake Lucia vakaenda kunobatana nemauto eRomania akanga achidzokera shure. VaPânteas vakanga vari muBucharest panguva yeMambo Michael's Coup (23 August 1944), iyo Romania yakachinja mauto muhondo nekubvisa Antonescu. Imba yavo iri paArgentina Street yakakuvadzwa murwisa rwakazoitwa nendege dzeNazi
, uye mhuri yakatamira nemutungamiri wezvematongerwe enyika Petre Ghiață, muColentina. Musi waAugust 24, Gheorghe Potopeanu, uyo akanga abuda saGurukota rezvemari, akakumbira kusungwa kwaPântea semunhu anogona kushanduka; uye sezvo shanduko yezvematongerwo enyika yakawana Pântea akaverengerwa pane runyorwa rwevavengi vehutongi hwekushandura, zvaifungidzirwawo kuti aive mumwe wematsotsi ehondo aAntonescu.