Born as Achim Schmid in Mosbach, Germany, TM became attracted to Nationalist groups at the age of 13 and radicalized in the years after. He joined the White Supremacist movement, founded a series of skinhead bands, and became a member of a German Ku Klux Klan faction – even leading one of the largest KKK groups in Europe. Today, Garret is a public speaker against hate and anti-racist activist living in the United States.