 Following his expulsion from the Writers' Society, Aderca lost his financial backbone.According to poet Virgil Carianopol, he relied on help from fellow writer Marius Mircu (known to him by the pen name "G. M. Vlădescu"), whose estate and revenue was distributed among a host a marginalized artists.In August 1941, the antisemitic policies endorsed by Antonescu exposed Aderca to the risk of internment in a labor camp for Jewish prisoners.