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Forgiving the Neo-Nazi who Nearly Killed Me
American Matthew Boger made friends with his aggressor, former white supremacist Tim Zaal
As a fourteen year old, Matthew Boger was living on the streets of Los Angeles having been turfed out of the family home for being gay. One evening Matthew was attacked by an older boy named Tim Zaal who was a member of a violent gang of Neo-Nazi punk rockers. A chance meeting twenty-six years later lead to the pair forming an unexpected friendship.
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