Yugoslav government in exile recognized the Yugoslav partisans. The same year, he moved to Rome, where he organized the Slovenian National Council Abroad, which was opposed to the Communist-led Liberation Front of the Slovenian People. In May and June 1945, he tried unsuccessfully to prevent the re-patriation of the Slovene Home Guard to Yugoslavia. In September of the same year, he co-authored a manifesto titled "Tito's Government is Introducing Totalitarianism", together with the leader of the Socialist Party of Yugoslavia Živko Topalović and the leader of the Independent Democratic Party Adam Pribićević. In 1946, Krek was tried in absentia by the new Yugoslav Communist authorities on charges of high treason and war crimes and sentenced to 15 years of prison. He stayed in Rome until 1947, where he organized, together with Ivan Ahčin, a network that helped in the emigration of tens and thousands of Slovenes, especially to Argentina and to the United States. In 1947, he moved to the United States himself, and was officially elected as president of the Slovene People's Party in Exile. During 1949, he assisted Reuben H. Markham, who edited "Communists Crush Churches in Eastern Europe," with material on Yugoslavia. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, and was succeeded by Miloš Stare as the President of the Slovene People's Party. See also Ivan Ahčin Alojzij Kuhar Izidor Cankar Boris Furlan References Article on Miha Krek 1897 births 1969 deaths People from the Municipality of Gorenja Vas-Poljane Slovenian Roman Catholics Slovene People's Party (historical) politicians Government ministers of Yugoslavia Representatives in the Yugoslav National Assembly (1921–1941) Yugoslav lawyers Slovenian people of World War II Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb alumni University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian anti-communists Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I