However , although left mostly untouched by both the Italians and by Albanian nationalists , the Roma were persecuted during the brief German occupation of Albania in 1943 .
The shortness of the German presence limited the damage nationalists were able to wreak upon the Roma population .
However , although left mostly untouched by both the Italians and by Albanian nationalists , the Roma were persecuted during the brief German occupation of Albania in 1943 , although the shortness of the German presence limited the damage they were able to wreak upon the Roma population .