Shaved heads, or so-called skinheads, were imprisoned on April 20, Adolf Hitler’s birthday. All the arrested neo-Nazis are currently in custody. The arsenal of weapons seized from skinheads is truly impressive.
The special cult of skinheads is formed around the personality of Hitler, who is glorified by themselves and forced to do so by others – random passers-by. Saying “Glory to Adolf Hitler” and showing the Nazi Germany salute. In addition, all this is filmed and published on Telegram channels.
It is the Internet that is the source of spreading the ideology of skinheads – on social networks, they revel in attacks on representatives of other ethnic groups. Racial purity and white supremacy are their mottos. Appearance of skinheads is of fundamental importance. Shaved head, tattoos and stitching on clothes with Nazi symbols, as well as an integral part – black lace-up boots.
The reporters meet with one of the arrested skinhead victims and his mother. The 16-year-old had kept his parents from being terrorized by skinheads until the police came home with evidence circulating on social media platforms.
“It was due to his external appearance – that he is a fan of heavy metal, punk, walks with dark makeup on his eyes, remarks were made that if he is still walking around, he will not leave alive.
And the second time he ran with a knife, I looked at the comments on the Internet that were on the video – they wrote “why don’t you stab him”. It was terrible to read something like that about your child just because he is a fan of some music that maybe not everyone likes. It was mind boggling to me. He was told to say certain things, he was scared and said. He didn’t mean it, he said it so he wouldn’t get stabbed, so he wouldn’t do something, it’s better to say it. Both conflicts took place near Origo,” says the victim’s mother.
The climax of the conflict was over the boy’s boot laces, which are yellow in color.
