I noticed that some of their Neo-Nazis have shaved heads in the 'skinhead' fashion much like we have in the USA. I had no idea that the concept of the skinhead was a transatlantic one. Having seen plenty of images of actual Nazis it seems clear they did not start this trend.
So my question is this, how did this concept of shaving one's head become attached to the political agenda of racism and fascism?
Skinheads originated as part of an English counterculture during the 1960s and 1970s. Early Skinheads were young, working class Brits, and the subculture was along similar lines to 1970s Punk Rock. It was not originally racially or politically motivated.
However, sometime during this period, certain Skinheads also became involved in racist and xenophobic movements like the neo-Nazis and the National Front, although they were a minority of the subculture overall. However, the image of violent, racially motivated Skinheads became synonymous in the media with these racist and xenophobic movements.
As this image attached to news of racial violence traveled into mainland Europe, violent racists there started adopting the image as well, and over time, the image of Skinheads became fully synonymous with White Power racism.