 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ghetto duku rakaparadzwa pakati paOctober 1941, iro rakasiya guru. Kubvira pakupera kwaOctober kusvika muna December 1941, ghetto racho raiitwa Zviito, kusarudzwa kwavanhu nokuda kwokudzingwa uye kuurawa muPonary. Gens aitya kuti zviito zvevaGermany zvaizoguma nokuurayana kwakapararira. Akanyengetedza Gestapo kubvumira mapurisa echiJudha kuunganidza vaidzingwa. Gens, achitsigirwa nemapurisa echiJudha, aiva nebasa rokusarudza kuti ndiani aizoendeswa kunogarazve uye kuti ndiani aizourayiwa. Muna October, ikoku kwakamuunza mukukakavadzana navanarabhi veghetto, avo vakataura kuti Gens akanga achiita zvinopesana nomutemo wechiJudha. Gens haana kubvumirana nazvo uye akafunga kuti zvakanga zviri pamutemo kubayira vamwe vanhu kuti vaponese vamwe. 