Identity is so important. Having had my identity… ascribed to me first by the Nazis, and then by various experiences I went through, and finally deciding for myself that I was not going to go back to German. That I was going to be Jewish against enormous pressure – from everywhere. I’ve realised the importance of identity, and that’s something that I always focus on in the talks I give. We haven’t learnt not to identify people, but to respect their right to their own identity.
