Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waApril 6, Yugoslavia yakapambwa uye nharaunda yayo yakakamurwa pakati penyika dzinoverengeka. Stopno, kufanana neStyria yose, yakabatanidzwa neGermany uye yakaramba iri pasi payo kusvikira muna
kuguma kwehondo. Muna 1945, komiti yevanhu vemunharaunda ("KLO") yakaumbwa muStopno, uye muna 1952 yakabatanidzwa nekomiti yevanhu vemunharaunda yeMakole. Stopno yaiva chikamu cheruwa rwePtuj muCommunist Yugoslavia uye, pashure pokubviswa kweruwa irworwo muna 1965, yaiva chikamu cheruwa rweMaribor kusvikira parusununguko muna 1991.