 After the end of the war, he continued was given several other functions within the new Communist regime, all of them without any real power.In 1951, Kocbek published a volume of short stories, entitled "Fear and Courage" ("Strah in pogum"), in which he touched the issue of moral dilemmas in the Partisan fight during World War II.The Communist regime used the book as an excuse to launch a massive propaganda attack on his person, forcing him to completely withdraw to private life in 1952, placing him under surveillance until the end of his life.