 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - The Iron Guard pakupedzisira yakakundwa muhondo yevagari vemo yaJanuary 1941, ichigadzira udzvinyiriri hwechiFascist hwakapfava hwaIon Antonescu. Muna June wegore iroro, Popa akabatanidzwa nezviremera kuti atore rutivi mukudzidzisazve vatsigiri veVarindi. NaGalaction, Cicerone Theodorescu naIuliu Scriban, akadzidzisa vadzidzi paIași Costachi Seminary nezvekunyanyisa kwedzidziso yeGuardist. Akaramba achitaura zvaaifunga, zvikurukuru achiramba kubatanidzwa kweRomania muHondo Yenyika II pamwe chete neNazi Germany. Akanga ari, sezvakataurwa naBoia, munhu anorwisana nechiFascist asingachinji, uyo aizokwana nenzira yomuzvarirwo muchirongwa chorudzi rupi norupi chokurwisa utongi. Muna 1942, pashure pokunge Rainer aenda pamudyandigere, akaendeswa kuBucharest, kwaakashanda somupurofesa kwemakore mana. Pashure porufu rwaRainer muna 1944, akatorawo nzvimbo yeAnthropological Institute ndokuibatanidzazve nechikoro chokurapa. Ari ikoko, Popa akanyora fundo inoratidza kushayikwa kwehwaro hupi nohupi hwesayenzi hwechiArianism uye achisimbisa kuti kwakanga kusina chikonzero chokudzvinyirira vaJudha. Traian Săvulescu, achitya kugumbura Antonescu, akaramba kuibudisa; Popa zvisinei akaverenga basa pamberi peChikoro mukupera kwa1943. Vateereri, vashomanene vavo vaitsigira chiGermany, vakaita zvakanaka. Zvisinei, hurukuro yaJanuary 1944 yakaonekwa sokurwiswa kwakavanzika kwomudzvinyiriri, uyo mitezo yakanga ichinzwira tsitsi zvikuru, uye somugumisiro yakakwevera chimiro chakatonhora. Imwe yemisangano yake paAcademy, Reforma Spiritului. Știința ca bază de primenire a omului Spiritual Reform. Science as a Basis for Bettering Mankind akaramba kutsamira kwezvoupfumi kweRomania, achitaura kuti vaRomania vakanga vari mungozi yokudzokera shure pakati pevanhu vokurima, avo vakagadzirirwa kusaziva kusingaperi. Panguva iyoyo, sangano rokuchengetedza, Siguranța Statului, rakanga richigara richitarisira Popa. 