Still, many Central Europeans are trying to stem the skinhead tide.

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It's their home, even if the neighborhoods of prefabricated high-rise tenements seem bleak, the list of free-time activities is limited, and several of their friends have already had problems with the skinhead groups that are gaining in popularity.

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The police arrested 15 skinhead ringleaders, and shut down a racist Internet page that had 5, 000 visits in 48 hours.

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Then, in 2000, he sold everything he owned except for his motorcycle and a few things he could fit into his backpack and began a trip that took him to several skinhead music festivals across the country, according to a interview posted on Label56.com.

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At an age when his identity is up for grabs, he latches onto the kindness shown him by Woody (Joe Gilgun) and quickly falls in with him and his skinhead friends.

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