In 1942, Vladimir and his entourage were placed in a concentration camp at Compiègne after he refused to issue a manifesto calling on Russian émigrés to support Nazi Germany's war against the Soviet Union.
En 1942 tanto el como a súa comitiva foron colocados nun campo de concentración en Compiègne despois de rexeitar escribir un manifesto onde incentivase aos refuxiados rusos a apoiar aos nazis contra a Unión Soviética.