[1] He firmly opposed the communist violence committed during the war, in which capacity he collaborated closely with Leon Rupnik[2] and produced propaganda against the Liberation Front, including the brochure Malikovanje zločina (Idolatry of Crime, 1944).

[1][3] The head of the secret police, Mitja Ribičič, characterized Velikonja and his fellow accused as "unrepentant Germanizers and Hitlerites" in the hasty trial, which had an unclear legal basis and was orchestrated by the OZNA.

[7][8] Narte Velikonja started his literary career as a poet, and he later developed as a prose writer in the style of modern realism.

He depicted farm owners, tenant farmers, and manual laborers in their struggle to make a living under difficult economic and political circumstances, addressed the essential features of rural life, and focused on individuals' psychological experiences.

His story "Višarska polena" (Logs from Lussari) especially won acclaim; it was published in the Hermagoras Society's series Slovenske večernice (Slovenian Vespers), even though it went significantly beyond the traditional framework of the genre.