 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kwa1939, vakakwereta kubva kuhama dzakapfuma, vakatenga michina miviri yokusona uye mumwe wokusona mabhatani. Mukati meimba yavo yokugara, vakazarura mushopu duku yokugadzira zvipfeko zvavarume. Muna Ndira 1940, Liza akabhadharwa semuchina wekunyora pahofisi yeSoviet yekutengesa muBucharest, naMisu, pakurudziro yake, achitevera akakurumidza kuva accountant. Vaviri vacho vakasungwa muna June 1941, pakatanga Operation Barbarossa, uye akaiswa mujeri mumusasa weTârgu Jiu. Ikoko, vakakurumidza kupinda munharaunda yamakomonisiti. 