 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusimbisa nzvimbo yake mukukakavadzana kweropa neIron Guard, Antonescu akabatanidza Romania muhondo inopesana neSoviet Union. Matanho okurwisana nevaJudha uye kudzvinyirira mabasa evapanduki akasvika pakakwirira. Achirwara nechirwere chemwoyo uye ari murombo zvikuru, Moscovici akatyisidzirwa nokudzingwa kubva mumusha wake muBucharest muVatra Luminoasă, uye aifanira kuenda kunogara neshamwari. Sezvakataurwa nomwanasikana wake Mira, chiratidzo chokutambudzwa uku chakanga chiri nyaya yaiva mupepanhau refascist Porunca Vremii. Pasinei nokushora kwemhuri yacho, imba yacho yakanyorwa kuti irende nehofisi yeRomanization, iyo yakanga yarambidza vaJudha kuita bhidha. Apo Moscovici akaunza chitupa chake chebasa muHondo yeNyika I, achivimbisa kumubata nenzira chaiyo, vakuru vakuru vacho vakaramba kuti akanga asiri murwere wehondo. Moscovici akarambidzwawo kuwana mari yepenjeni yake yeJournalists Union, nemhaka yerudzi rwake. Akarayirwa kutsvaka kubvunzurudzwa naAntonescu, asi akaramba pfungwa yacho zvakananga. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asangana nokutambudzwa kwakadaro, Moscovici akanga aramba akangwarira Soviet Union, uye akazvizivisa amene pamusoro pemhaka dzayo. Shamwari yake duku Belu Zilber, panguva iyoyo aibatanidzwa nePCdR yakavanzika, anoyeuka bhurasho neanopesana nechikomonisiti Moscovici imwe nguva mushure meHondo yeStalingrad. Maererano naZilber, Moscovici akadanidzira kwaari kuti: vanhu veKatyn ivavo vari kuuya, uye vari kuzokuurayai!. Muzhizha ra1943, naPetrescu, Moscovici akanyorawo tsamba kuInternational Revolutionary Marxist Center, achitsanangura kutengesa kwaFlueraș naGrigorovici. 