# Serbia Strong Serbia Strong, also known as Remove Kebab, is a mid-1990s Bosnian Serb propaganda music video that four soldiers filmed near Knin as a wartime tribute to Radovan Karadžić. After it surfaced on YouTube in the late 2000s, imageboard users turned the accordion-and-trumpet clip into the ironic 'REMOVE X' snowclone template, and it later drew global attention when the Christchurch mosque shooter played the song during his 2019 livestream. ## Origin Keyboardist Slobodan Vrga said the video was shot near Knin, Croatia, in 1995 by independent producer Nikola Jorgic, while singer Zeljko Grmusa recalled the shoot as taking place in 1993[3]. The four performers were Bosnian Serb Army soldiers: Vrga on keyboard, Grmusa on vocals, Nenad Tintor on trumpet, and Novislav Đajić on accordion. The song was written as a tribute to Radovan Karadžić, the wartime Republika Srpska president who was later convicted of genocide. Jorgic, the producer, was tried in Germany and sentenced to life for genocide, dying in prison in 2014[3]. Đajić received a five-year German sentence on genocide-related charges. The earliest documented online upload with the original watermark appeared on YouTube on August 3rd, 2008 under the title 'Radovan Karadzic Haag bluz' by Croatian documentary filmmaker Pavle Vranjican, using the handle ARHIVISTA[1]. - **Platform:** Wartime video (1995) / YouTube and Krautchan (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2006 ## Overview The meme fixed on the video's distinct visual and audio elements: a stone-faced singer belting Karadžić's name over a droning accordion and trumpet duet, filmed on grainy VHS at a wartime encampment[1]. Once English-speaking imageboard users on 4chan and Krautchan latched onto the clip, the song became a soundtrack for edgy nationalist shitposts, and a copypasta popularized the phrase 'Remove Kebab' as an ironic reference to anti-Muslim violence during the Bosnian War[3]. The format spawned the 'REMOVE X' snowclone and a wave of character swaps that mimed the original performers. A Team Fortress 2 recreation seeded the 'REMOVE POOTIS' variant, and a widely watched Minecraft version replaced the accordionist with an Enderman[3]. The joke ran on a mix of Balkan black humor, imageboard irony, and shock value at how bleakly literal the source footage was. ## How to Use The template typically pairs the original melody with a character swap or a 'REMOVE X' caption in the video title, keeping the low-fi look of the source clip. Common conventions include stiff camera pans, mismatched instrument miming, and text overlays styled after the 2008 upload's chyrons. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Serbia Strong? Serbia Strong, also known as Remove Kebab, is a 1990s Bosnian Serb propaganda music video whose accordion-and-trumpet melody was turned into an ironic imageboard snowclone in the late 2000s[1][3]. ### Where did Serbia Strong come from? It was filmed near Knin, Croatia, by four Bosnian Serb Army soldiers, with keyboardist Slobodan Vrga dating the shoot to 1995 and singer Zeljko Grmusa placing it in 1993[3]. ### What does Serbia Strong mean? The original lyrics are a nationalist tribute to Radovan Karadžić, and the meme title 'Remove Kebab' comes from a copypasta that turned the song into an ironic 'REMOVE X' template on 4chan and Krautchan[3]. ### How do you use Serbia Strong? Parodies typically pair the original melody with character swaps, like the 2010 Team Fortress 2 'REMOVE POOTIS' edit or the 2011 Minecraft Enderman version[2][4]. ### Is Serbia Strong still popular? Open circulation dropped sharply after the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooter played the song during his livestream, prompting YouTube to remove the widely watched 'Remove Kebab (perfect loop)' upload two days later[3][5]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSCJxxI83v4]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jC8JIjW2cw]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/serbia-strong-remove-kebab]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIIdHHW0LDc]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkBvB8B40Y]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD1G9BNx3q4]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/serbia-strong-remove-kebab Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library