The area returned to Romanian administration following the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in July 1941. A military administration was established and the region's Jewish population was either executed on the spot or deported to Transnistria, where further numbers were killed. Despite the Hotin County was geographically part of Bessarabia, it was not incorporated into the Bessarabia Governorate, but rather in the Bukovina Governorate, centered around the geographical region of Bukovina.
The area's return to Romanian control occurred after the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in July 1941. A military administration was established, and the local Jewish population faced severe consequences, including execution or deportation to Transnistria, where more people were killed. Notably, Hotin County, although part of Bessarabia geographically, was not included in the Bessarabia Governorate but rather in the Bukovina Governorate, which centered on the Bukovina area.