 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo pakati peGermany neSoviet Unionrakatanga musi wa22 June 1941. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Red Army yakasiya Riga nokuda kwe Wehrmacht yakanga ichipfuurira. Arājs akabva atora imba yemapurisa yakasiyiwa pa19 Valdemāra Street. Vatungamiriri vaArājs vomunguva yemberi, Franz Stahlecker naRobert Stieglitz, vaiva nomuturikiri wechiLatvia, Hans Dressler, uyo Arājs akanga aziva kuchikoro chesekondari uye muuto reLatvia. Nokuda kwoushamwari uhwu, Arājs akaziviswa kuna Stahlecker, akawana rutivi rwavo rwakanakisisa, uye akawana chivimbo chavo. Arājs akaunganidza mauto ake kubva kuvadzidzi vake uye maPērkonkrusts. 