Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da Jamus ta mamaye Faransa a Yaƙin Duniya na II, Derain ya zauna a Paris kuma Jamus ta yi masa kwalliya sosai saboda yana wakiltar martabar al'adun Faransa. Derain ya karɓi gayyatar yin ziyarar hukuma zuwa Jamus a 1941, kuma ya yi tafiya tare da sauran masu zane-zanen Faransa zuwa Berlin don halartar baje kolin Nazi na wani mai zane da aka amince da shi, Arno Breker. Derain kasancewar a Jamus da aka yi amfani da yadda ya kamata da Nazi farfaganda, kuma bayan Liberation
An yi masa lakabi da mai haɗin gwiwa kuma yawancin magoya bayansa sun ƙi shi.