Claim: Albania was the only country that took in Jews
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Albania is the only war-hit country in Europe with more Jews after WWII than before: about 200 grew to 2,000, under Besa. Bulgaria saved its own 48,000 Jews, yet deported 11,343 from land it occupied.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: History of the Jews in Albania; Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews
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