I muri i te whakaekenga o te Axis o Yugoslavia i te Paenga-whawha 1941, ka heke a Krek ki Palestine, ka haere ki Ranana, hei mema o te Kawanatanga o Yugoslavia i te whakaraunga, na Dušan Simović i arahi. Whai muri i te matenga o Fran Kulovec i te whakaekenga rererangi o Belgrade
, I noho a Krek hei kaiarahi o te roopu o te Slovene People's Party, i a Marko Natlačen i noho hei kaiarahi o te roopu i Slovenia.