In March 1944, with Soviet troops rapidly approaching as part of the Uman–Botoșani Offensive of World War II, the school was evacuated, and Nădejde, together with her gravely ill mother, withdrew to the national capital Bucharest. However, due to the bombing of Bucharest, they went to the rural area of Fundeni, remaining until October. At that point, she and her mother moved into the Bucharest home of Camelia's cousin, the widow of Nicolae N. Beldiceanu. They did not return to Iași, as the house there was almost entirely destroyed by bombardments. Until her retirement in 1947, she worked as a proofreader at two publishing houses, work she probably secured through Sadoveanu's help. Her final quarter-century was monotonous: her mother died in 1950, and she would occasionally visit the Sadoveanus, especially in winter, as her home was poorly heated. She derived particular joy when former students passing through the capital would drop by her house. Nădejde died in 1971, and was buried alongside her parents in Eternitatea cemetery.