If people feel that their identity is being threatened in their environment, then they are likely to hide it or stand up for that aspect of their identity. For example, if someone of a certain religion lives in a place where that religion is not tolerated, then they are going to feel that it's necessary to conceal that religious aspect in order to not have trouble with others. They are still the same person, except now they must decide to loose that part of their identity or keep it significant. If they choose to keep it significant, then it will become a super important part of their identity because they are going to defend it.
Like in the Holocaust, people were forced to change their lifestyle and move to the concentration camps were they were not able to do the same things that they were able to do before the war. I can imagine that this gave them resentment for their faith because it had corrupted their lives. Once they were in concentration camps, their identity had changed because they weren't allowed to be Jewish freely.
-Catherine
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