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TIL Unlike many Eastern European countries under Nazi occupation, Albania which has a Muslim & Christian population and a tradition of tolerance—became a safe haven for Jews. At the end of 1938, Albania was the only country in Europe that still issued visas to Jews through its embassy in Berlin.

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