▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁Roman ia , ▁but ▁the ▁military ▁situation ▁prevent ed ▁them ▁from ▁ever ▁leaving ▁Roman ia . ▁The ▁subsequent ▁Battle ▁of ▁Roman ia ▁ev acu ated ▁Roman ian ▁administration ▁from ▁Trans n ist ria , ▁B ess arab ia , ▁and ▁even ▁parts ▁of ▁Mold avia - pro per . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁King ▁Michael ' s ▁C oup ▁to pp led ▁Anton es cu ▁and ▁took ▁Roman ia ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁A xis . ▁Sm och in ă ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁personally ▁been ▁helping ▁Anton es cu ▁in ▁negoti ating ▁a ▁separate ▁peace ▁with ▁the ▁Al lied ▁Pow ers , ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁regime ▁fell . ▁After ▁Anton es cu ' s ▁arrest , ▁the ▁former ▁Trans n ist ria ▁advis er ▁lived ▁a ▁se cluded ▁life , ▁and ▁focused ▁on ▁writing ▁his ▁works ▁of ▁history . ▁ ▁When ▁a ▁Roman ian ▁commun ist ▁regime ▁came ▁into ▁existence , ▁Sm och in ă ' s ▁works ▁were ▁officially ▁cens ored , ▁and ▁the ▁remaining ▁copies ▁were ▁track ed ▁down ▁and ▁conf isc ated . ▁According ▁to ▁Pop es cu ▁G og an , ▁he ▁was ▁especially ▁sought ▁after ▁for ▁his ▁Mas acre le ▁de ▁la ▁N ist ru . ▁The ▁Soviet ▁occup iers ▁picked ▁up ▁Sm och in ă ▁Jr ., ▁who ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁living ▁in ▁Roman ia ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁daughter , ▁and ▁working ▁as ▁an ▁att orney . ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁account , ▁this ▁was ▁case ▁of ▁cler