How did the Nazis know if you were jewish?

by TriggerNationz

I was watching the pianist and during one scene where they were removing bricks I realized that the only thing seperating the jews from the regular citizens were the armbands. I'd asume people werent really registered with their religion/ethnicity back then, and If there was I don't expect there being a photo to show who it was. What stopped someone from just pretending they weren't a jew/ remove their armband and just walk away.

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Maybe you can check this post. The follow-up comments by u/NetworkLlama provide very useful information too.

I hope this helps!