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Christian Picciolini tries to help a former neo-Nazi disengage from an identity based on hate.

Christian Picciolini, a reformed white nationalist, has made it his mission to help others escape the life that he once knew so well. As hate groups grow more radicalized and emboldened, his job becomes more dangerous, but all the more necessary. In this episode of Breaking Hate, Christian sits down with a member looking to get out of the of the frightening neo-Nazi AtomWaffen group.

While home grown terror and hate groups often find their members through the dark web, these organizations have a very real and physical presence in the United States. As Christian Picciolini explores in this episode of Breaking Hate, many members of hate groups in the United States seek training abroad, such as those who join the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion in Ukraine. Andrew Onescuk, while just a teenager living in his parent's home, made secret plans to travel and train with the extremist group.