Why couldn't Jews deny their identity during Holocaust?

In Germany, anyway, if you wanted to deny that you were Jewish, you had to produce an 'Aryan Certificate' ('Ariernachweis') indicating that you, your parents and grandparents had been baptized as infants. read more

And, of course, those Jews killed in the countries that Germany conquered were not expecting Germany to successfully invade their countries and close the borders (a huge percentage of the Jews killed in the Holocaust were Polish; they did not expect the German-Russian agreement that doomed Poland almost overnight). read more

By definition, a martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is somebody who suffers persecution and/or death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, and/or refusing to advocate a belief or cause. read more

The Holocaust and Jewish identity By Charles Krauthammer Opinion writer March 10, 2016 Email the author Follow @krauthammer Bernie Sanders is the most successful Jewish candidate for the presidency ever. read more