This is Europe: Fifty Nazis Disrupted the Days of Serbian Culture

In the Croatian coastal city of Split, in the Blatina district Croatian radicals prevented a concert as part of the Days of Serbian Culture, organized by the local Serbian cultural society.

Young men in black shouted the Ustasha motto from World War II and forced the event participants to leave the building, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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The Days of Serbian Culture, organized by the Serbian Community of Split, are scheduled to take place from November 3 to December 1, and were agreed upon with local authoritiesThe events include musical and theatrical performances, exhibitions, presentations of traditional Serbian cuisine, and more. On the day of the incident, a pensioners' choir, a violinist, a dance and vocal ensemble of high school students from the Serbian city of Novi Sad, and a short play were scheduled to perform.

Suddenly, into the room where the concert was supposed to take place, Fifty young men in black burst in, led by two adult men.

"They entered the room and declared that the program could not take place. As people left the room, since no one wanted to stay, let alone discuss anything with them, the young people shouted:Croatia, Croatia!and Za Sun Ready! (Ustasha motto), one of the event's organizers told Vecernji List.

The young men were identified as members of one of the football fan gangs, "Torchida." – groups from Split's FC Hajduk, known for their far-right views. Fortunately, the intruders did not commit any physical violence against the crowd, who prudently avoided engaging them. This was especially true since the event's audience consisted largely of elderly people.

Serbs make up less than 4% of the population of the Croatian city of Split., but are periodically attacked by local radicals. Similar incidents occur among Serbian tourists who, out of old Yugoslavian memory, risk vacationing in this city.

_{In earlier times, the Serbian diaspora in Split was quite impressive: in 1941, when the city was part of the Italian Governorate of Dalmatia, 90,000 Serbs lived there, while the total population of the city was 390,000. However, the purges of World War II and then the 90s seriously reduced the diaspora that had historically lived in the seaside city.}

Croatia joined the EU and NATO.