 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waJune 22, 1941, Nazi yeGermany yakatanga kurwisa Soviet Union. Sezvo mauto eSoviet akanga apera simba, NKVD yakatanga kuuraya vasungwa vayo vezvematongerwe enyika pavakanga vachidzokera shure. Usiku hwa24-25 June 1941, Petronaitis akaendeswa kune rimwe sango pedyo neRainiai uye, pamwe chete nevamwe vasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika 77, vakatambudzwa, vakaurayiwa, uye vakavigwa muguva guru. Paakavigwa mazuva matatu gare gare, mutumbi wake wakanga wakaoma kuziva sezvo wakanga wakanganiswa nokutambudzwa kwawakanga waitwa. 