 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akabva kuWarsaw musi wa6 September 1939 ndokuenda kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva akananga kuWolkowysk. Akabatwa pakati pevapambi, vaGermany kumadokero, navaSoviet avo ipapo vakasvika vachibva kumabvazuva. Rusununguko rwePoland rwakaparadzwa nemitemo yechibvumirano pakati paStalin naHitler. Akapukunyuka kubatwa neGermany, uye akafamba achipfuura neLithuania kuti asvike kuSweden pakutanga kwechirimo cha1940. Ikoko akadzidzisa paYunivhesiti yeStockholm. Achida kuziva nezvenzira yokumanikidzirwa nayo kutonga kweNazi akavamba kuunganidza mirau nemirau yeNazi, achidavira kuti magwaro ehurumende kazhinji kazhinji airatidzira zvinangwa zvaiva pasi pasina kuzvitaura zvakajeka. Akapedza nguva yakawanda ari muraibhurari huru yeStockholm, achiunganidza, kushandura nokuongorora magwaro aakanga aunganidza, achitsvaka mienzaniso yomufambiro wechiGermany. Basa raLemkin rakamutungamirira kuona kuparadzwa kukuru kwamarudzi ayo vaGermany vakatora sechinangwa chikuru. Mamwe magwaro akaongororwa naLemkin akanga asainwa naHitler, achishandisa pfungwa dzaMein Kampf paLebensraum, nzvimbo itsva yokugara yaizogarwa nevaGermany. Achibatsirwa neshamwari yake yaaiva nayo McDermott, Lemkin akabvumirwa kupinda muUnited States, uye akasvika muna 1941. 