 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pehondo yaJanuary 1941pakati peVarindi naAntonescu, iyo yakakundwa neyekupedzisira, Cantacuzino akatsungirira mutsigiri waAntonescu. Pakazosvika June, Antonescu akanga abvuma kutora chikamu muOperation Barbarossa: semubatanidzwa weNazi Germany, Romania yakatorazve dunhu rakarasika reBessarabia. Muchinyorwa chepepanhau rapamutemo rokuparidzira, Universul, Cantacuzino akapemberera awa dzvene sorugumo chairwoirwo rwehurumende yavanhu vechiJudha, uye akafungidzira kununurwa kweEurope pasi pokutonga kwechiFascist. Hurumende yaAntonescu nokukurumidza yakamanikidzira rusaruro rwokupesana nevaJudha munyika yose. Maererano naAlexandra Petrescu, mutemo wakatangwa panguva iyoyo wakanga wakafanana zvikuru neCantacuzino chirongwa cha1937. 