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Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara (Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška) is a Croatian song promoting the Ustaše. The lyrics celebrate the World War II crimes against the Serbs. The lyrics include words in the typical dialect of Herzegovina, where some of the worst atrocities against Serbs during WWII happened.

In 2007, Efraim Zuroff reported in the Jerusalem Post that during a performance by Marko Perković of the Croatian band Thompson at Maksimir Stadium, there were a large number of Ustaše symbols and fascist salutes among the crowd (which included politicians, government officials and celebrities), helping to create an air of discomfort among Croatia's minorities in the region at the time. Zuroff claimed that Perković gained notoriety two years earlier for having performed a modified version of the song, which "expressed nostalgia for those two infamous Croatian concentration camps in which at least 90,000 innocent Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and anti-fascist Croatians were murdered by the Ustashe with nary a Nazi in sight."

Perkovic himself denies writing or even performing the song, stating that he is a musician, not a politician. An organizer for a Thompson tour of New York City also defended Perkovic, saying he did not write the song nor is a copy available on any of his albums.

Lyrics

Croatian

English
Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara,
To je kuća Maksovih mesara.
U Čapljini klaonica bila,
Mnogo Srba Neretva nosila.
Oj Neretvo teci mi na stranu,
Nosi Srbe plavome Jadranu.
Kroz Imotski kamioni žure,
Voze crnce Francetića Jure.
Ko je moga zamisliti lani,
Da će Božić slavit partizani.
Ko je reka jeba li ga ćaća,
Da se Crna Legija ne vraća.
Oj Račane jeba ti pas mater
I onome tko je glasa za te.
Sjajna zvijezdo iznad Metkovića,
Pozdravi nam Antu Pavelića.
Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška
That's the house of Maks' butchers.
There was a slaughterhouse in Čapljina
Neretva carried away many Serbs.
Hey, Neretva, flow downhill,
Carry Serbs into the blue Adriatic.
Through Imotski trucks rush
Driving black uniforms of Jure Francetić.
Who could imagine last year
That Partisans would celebrate Christmas.
Shining star above Metković
Send our greetings to Ante Pavelić.

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    Young boy wearing a shirt with a Black Legion, Ustaše Militia sign at a Thompson concert

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