A new exhibition showing the harrowing conditions of Albanians living in Nazi internment camps opened at the National Historic Museum in Tirana.

The exhibit is putting on display a collection of videos and various objects narrating what was life like inside Nazi camps.

Over 500 Albanians were captured by Nazi forces starting from 1943, as Italy surrendered to the Allies.

The ill-fated journey began from Albania, and then temporarily settled at a camp in Prishtina and in Serbia’s Banjica, prior to arriving at one of the most infamous internment camps in the world, Mauthausen in Austria.

But one of the greatest injustices was the separation and denial from families, although it was the only way out to escape from being tortured and interned in Albania.

The exhibition comes ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27.

“Albanians in Mauthausen” is a living testimony of the dark days that should not be forgotten, in order to avoid the dangers of history repeating itself.

Albanians in Mauthousen by Euronews Balkans