Fascists in our midst: the community whose leaders embrace Nazi links

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Major sporting and cultural clubs in Australia’s large Croatian community openly celebrate fascist anniversaries while displayingAn investigation by this masthead has uncovered how mainstream the celebration of the Nazi-backed regime that slaughtered Serbs, Jews and Romani people from 1941-45 is in key institutions of the Australian Croatian community.

So open is the celebration of fascism that a Sydney-based website has been selling Ustasha-themed keyrings, T-shirts, beanies, stickers and prints of wartime Croatian dictator Ante Pavelic, a close ally of Adolf Hitler, while a separate Melbourne-based website sells Ustasha flags. In a separate video, a group raised a Croatian flag at the Melbourne Knights in Sunshine to celebrate the April 10 anniversary – known as Deseti Travanj. That date is the anniversary of bothThe main speaker at the flag raising said, “this day is unforgettable”, according to a professional translation. “Croats will continue to keep this day in memory.”

St Albans Vukovar declined to comment on why it wore the Ustasha symbol but said it no longer does so. “Please don’t waste our club’s time with whatever you’re trying to achieve,” a representative said.The celebration of April 10, meanwhile, is openly advertised in local newspaperThe Croatian Club Bosna in the west of Sydney flies the Ustasha flag above its building and celebrates fascist anniversaries, selling Ustasha merchandise at its events.

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