CURE FOR HATE, THE

In the Jewish tradition, T'shuvah means "return" and describes the return to God and our fellow human beings made possible through repentance for our wrongs. Tony McAleer is a former skinhead and Holocaust denier who went on to become a founding member of the anti-hate activist group Life After Hate. Profoundly aware and deeply ashamed of the lineage of hate he'd once promoted, Tony had long contemplated traveling to Auschwitz in the spirit of T'shuvah – to bear witness to the inconceivable ravages of the Holocaust and deepen his work against the rise of extremist politics. THE CURE FOR HATE documents his personal journey of atonement to Auschwitz-Birkenau while exploring the conditions that allowed for the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe. It also sheds light on how men get into and out of violent extremist groups and serves as a timely cautionary tale that underscores the dangers of allowing hate to be left unchecked.