die for kiddush hashem

To die for Kiddush haShem [Kiddush haShem means "for the santification of God's Name"] As the commander of the Plaszow concentration camp took a number of young Gerrer Chassidim to be put to death, one of them, Israel Eisenberg, asked for permission to say a few words of farewell to his friends. I stood opposite them and heard every word. He did not speak many words. He said to his friends that they should rejoice, for they were going to die for Kiddush haShem, the sanctification of G-d's holy