Serbs, Jews slam Croat singer's U.S. tour

Croat pop star Mark Perković Thompson's U.S. tour has sparked protests by local Serb and Jewish communities.

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Croat pop star Mark Perkovic Thompson's U.S. tour has sparked protests by local Serb and Jewish communities. Many of his songs "seem to have a positive message of patriotism and peace," spokesman Mark Weitzman said on Tuesday. "But there's also an element that appears to glorify the regime that collaborated with the Nazis in World War II and that was responsible for thousands and thousands of deaths of Jews, Serbs and other Croats." Serbs, Jews slam Croat singer's U.S. tour Thompson’s tour was also condemned by Nenad Milinkovic, an American of Serb descent, and president of the Serb Orthodox Church Committee in Manhattan. “It’s despicable that in this day and age, a neo-Nazi ultra-nationalist can glorify the actions of the Nazi Ustasha regime in Croatia that killed Serbs, Jews, and Roma in death camps,“ said Milinkovic. Weitzman called on Cardinal Edward Egan to cancel the concert due to take place in a cultural center run by the Croatian Roman Catholic church in Manhattan on Friday. Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the New York archdiocese, said church officials were investigating but hadn't found anything to substantiate the claims of the singer’s opponents. Perkovic claims that his performances are wrongly interpreted, that he has never given a Nazi salute, and that he is just a patriotic Croat singer. Concert organizers in the U.S. have issued a statement from the singer where he claims to have always condemned the crimes of the Nazi regime that governed parts of Croatia. His tour is due to take in Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vancouver, San Jose and other Californian cities.

Serbs, Jews slam Croat singer's U.S. tour

Thompson’s tour was also condemned by Nenad Milinković, an American of Serb descent, and president of the Serb Orthodox Church Committee in Manhattan.

“It’s despicable that in this day and age, a neo-Nazi ultra-nationalist can glorify the actions of the Nazi Ustasha regime in Croatia that killed Serbs, Jews, and Roma in death camps,“ said Milinković.

Weitzman called on Cardinal Edward Egan to cancel the concert due to take place in a cultural center run by the Croatian Roman Catholic church in Manhattan on Friday.

Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the New York archdiocese, said church officials were investigating but hadn't found anything to substantiate the claims of the singer’s opponents.

Perković claims that his performances are wrongly interpreted, that he has never given a Nazi salute, and that he is just a patriotic Croat singer.

Concert organizers in the U.S. have issued a statement from the singer where he claims to have always condemned the crimes of the Nazi regime that governed parts of Croatia.

His tour is due to take in Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vancouver, San Jose and other Californian cities.

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