 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kuiswa kwaGigurtu kwemitemo inopesana nevaJudha, Roth aifanira kuvhara tsika yake yemutemo. Kumuka kweNational Legionary State, kwakateverwa neudzvinyiriri hwaIon Antonescu, kwakawedzera chitambudzo. Mukupera kwa1940, mhuri iyi yakatyisidzirwa nekudzingwa pamba payo, Siguranța ichinzi yakavhura faira pamabasa aRoth Bolshevik; Brudariu akapindira zvinobudirira kushamwari yake. Kubva muna April 1941, Germany yakapinda nechisimba muYugoslavia ndokugovana nyika yacho, kugadzira Yugoslav Banat kuva chinhu chenyika yeNazified. Muna 1942, Roth akatanga kutya kuti vaJudha vose veBanat vaizodzingwa vachiendeswa kuTransnistria Governorate, uye kuti Banat yeRomania yaizobatanidzwa nekumadokero kwakagarwa, pasi pehutongi hweNazi. Panguva iyi youpenyu hwake, akazvidemba kuti akanga asina kudzidzisa vana vake zvakawanda nezvechiJudha. 