 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kutevera Kurwiswa kweOdessa, uye basa reAxis, vangangoita zviuru makumi maviri nezvishanu zveOdessa vakapondwa kumucheto kweguta uye vanopfuura zviuru makumi matatu nezvishanu vakaendeswa kunze kwenyika; izvi zvakazozivikanwa seKuurayiwa kweOdessa. Zvizhinji zvezvakaipa zvakaitwa mukati memwedzi mitanhatu yekutanga yekugara iyo yakatanga zviri pamutemo musi wa17 Gumiguru 1941, apo 80 yevaJudha ve210,000 mudunhu vakaurayiwa, zvichienzaniswa nevaJudha muRomania chaimo uko ruzhinji rwakapona. Pashure pokunge mauto echiNazi atanga kurasikirwa nenzvimbo paEastern Front, hurumende yeRomania yakachinja mutemo wayo, ichiramba kutumira vaJudha vakanga vasara kumisasa yokuparadza muPoland yaigarwa neGermany, uye ichibvumira vaJudha kushanda sevashandi vanobhadharwa. Somugumisiro, pasinei nezviitiko zva1941, kupona kwechiJudha munharaunda iyi kwakanga kwakakwirira kupfuura mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeEastern Europe dzakagarwa. 