[1] After military training as a reserve officer, he began his career with the National Bank of Yugoslavia in Split where he also developed his skill as an artist.
[2] Rapotec was mobilized into the Royal Yugoslav Army before the invasion of Yugoslavia by Germany and Italy on 6 April 1941.
Žarko Todorović, the leader of the Chetnik resistance, also organized radio communication between Rapotec and Draža Mihailović.
He has traveled from Split to Mostar to Zagreb (where he had sheltered for 2 and a half months and met surviving Jews and Serbs) to Belgrade, and finally to Turkey.
Stan Rapotec is famous for his art works, which are all exhibited in London, Rome, Paris, and the United States.