 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1939 Hofman akatiza kuvhozhokerwa kweNazi, zvikurukuru somugumisiro wokuvanza vapoteri veCzech kusanganisira akazova Mutungamiriri, Ludvík Svoboda. Vachitiza vaNazi veGermany iye nomudzimai wake vakazviwana vamene vari muchikamu chendima yePoland chakapindirwa neSoviet Red Armypashure pa 17 September 1939. Akakwanisa kunzvenga kutapwa kweSoviet, kunyange zvazvo muPomorzany akaona varwi vePoland vachiendeswa kumisasa mukati meSoviet Russia, pakati pavo vakuru vakuru vakatumirwa kuKozelsk. Anonzi akaratidza netsitsi huru kuvasungwa vehondo vokuPoland uye asinganeti kupenda mifananidzo yavo pamakadhibhokisi maduku. Mifananidzo yacho yaizotumirwa kumhuri dzavo. Maererano nezvose zvinotaurwa ipapo ndipo paakashamwaridzana naZdzisław Peszkowski, uyo zuva risati rasvika kutakurwa kuenda kuKozelsk akasiya Hofman achitarisira mari yehurumende. Maererano nemashoko aHofman ehupenyu, akakwanisa kubatana nevarwi veCzechoslovak Legion uye pamwe navo vakafamba vachipfuura neTernopil, Istanbul, Haifa neTel-Aviv kuenda kuJerusarema nePalestine, uko kwaakapedza nguva yasara yehondo. Muna 1942, akabudisa bhuku renhetembo rainzi Through Darkness to Freedom. 