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.
Following the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in July 1941, the area returned to Romanian rule. A military government was established, and the local Jewish population faced either immediate execution or deportation to Transnistria, where additional victims were killed. Notably, Hotin County, although part of Bessarabia geographically, was not incorporated into the Bessarabia Governorate but rather into the Bukovina Governorate, which centered on the Bukovina area.