on november 7, 1942, he was released from the prison in caransebeș, at the request of the ssi (romanian intelligence service). upon release, "the comrades also gave me a large amount of money, 50,000 lei, which i hid in a box to be sent to my brother with my clothes and things, and personally, i held 10,000 lei. at that time it was a lot of money". he paid 8,000 lei to the security commissioner who issued the documents, to convince him to go over the detail of the soviet citizenship, which - according to the law - led to the placement in the camp.