Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutsigiri wehurongwa hwezvematongerwe enyika hwekare hweMambo, Strecker akagamuchira kusimuka kwaHitler. Sezvo kushandiswa zvisina kufanira kwesimba kwehurumende kwakaitika, Strecker akavamba kuva nepanikiro. Maererano noupenyu hwakabudiswa nomuzukuru wake, Ulli Haller, Strecker akaramba maNazi
kupondwa kwevaJudha uye kucheneswa kwa1934 asi aiona kusimuka kwevaNazi sekusina kukokwa chose chose. Akapindazve muuto se"Generalmajor" muna 1935. Iye akataura kushamwari yake, kuti: "Nheyo dzangu ndedzokuti: kupi kana kupi kwandinoenda, ndinoenda nomwoyo wangu wose. Zvino ndava musoja, saka zvandinofunga ndezvokuteerera... Chero chiripo kana kuti chingava, ndinogamuchira chose chose pasina ganhuriro". Kufanana nevakuru vakuru vakawanda vepamusoro-soro vakabatanidzwa muWehrmacht inokurumidza kuwedzera, Strecker akapiwa hurongwa hwehutungamiri hwepamusoro pasi pehuwandu hwake hwepamusoro kuitira kuti akurumidze kumugadzirira mauto makuru ekurwisana. Akaitwa mutevedzeri womutungamiriri wechi34. Infanterie-Division (34th Infantry Division) munaNovember 1938 uye ipapo akapiwa kutungamira kwe79. Infanterie-Division (79th Infantry Division), iyo yakaumbwa nekuwedzera 34th Division muzhizha ra1939.