Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara (Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška) is a Croatian song promoting the Ustaše, the World War II fascist Nazi puppet government. The lyrics celebrate the World War II persecution of Serbs in Herzegovina.In 2003, Matija Babić criticized the Croatian band Thompson for performing such a song, and he also criticized Croatian Radiotelevision, Croatia Records and the rest of the media for continuing to cover Thompson as a mainstream artist.In 2007, Efraim Zuroff, while reporting in the Jerusalem Post on a Thompson performance at Maksimir Stadium, said that Perković gained notoriety for having performed the song which was overtly fascist, and criticized Thompson concerts as an occasion for a display of extremist nationalists.Perković 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 Perković, saying he did not write the song nor is a copy available on any of his albums."@en }
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- Jasenovac_i_Gradiška_Stara abstract "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara (Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška) is a Croatian song promoting the Ustaše, the World War II fascist Nazi puppet government. The lyrics celebrate the World War II persecution of Serbs in Herzegovina.In 2003, Matija Babić criticized the Croatian band Thompson for performing such a song, and he also criticized Croatian Radiotelevision, Croatia Records and the rest of the media for continuing to cover Thompson as a mainstream artist.In 2007, Efraim Zuroff, while reporting in the Jerusalem Post on a Thompson performance at Maksimir Stadium, said that Perković gained notoriety for having performed the song which was overtly fascist, and criticized Thompson concerts as an occasion for a display of extremist nationalists.Perković 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 Perković, saying he did not write the song nor is a copy available on any of his albums.".