The rare document we are publishing today contains three important historical layers:
a copy of the 1921 school record sheet , showing sixth grade grades.
an official order from 1934 terminating Enver Hoxha’s scholarship in France;
a letter from 1968 seeking to reconstruct his childhood memories in Gjirokastra for a museum;
1. Termination of the scholarship in France (1934)
The Ministry of Education addresses the Supervisory Council and announces that:
“At the end of March 1934, the scholarship of a student, Enver Hoxha, in France is terminated.”
This document proves the cessation of state funding for Enver’s studies , which marks a turning point in his life and perhaps one of the points that later led to radicalization and his return to Albania.
2. 1968 letter from Lefter Dilo to the museum
The letter, addressed to Sheku Haxhiu, requests that Enver’s early memories be consulted:
“Please talk to comrade Enver about his first teacher, about the primer (was it Mamastir or Istanbul), about the neighborhood (Meçite or Palorto), and about any photographs from the primary school.”
This letter shows the systematic efforts of the Party of Labour of Albania to build a personal museum archive for his figure , reconstructing the school memory in detail.
3. School register (October 3, 1921)
The document includes a copy of an original birth certificate from the “Drita” primary school in Gjirokastra, which shows:
- Name: Enver Halil Hoxha
- Date: October 3, 1921
- Grade: sixth
- Subjects: With excellent grades
The sheet was officially sent to the Archives of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania on April 8, 1969 , to complete the original personal file of the regime’s leading figure.
🧭 Historical value
This document is evidence of the importance that the Enver Hoxha regime attached to the creation of a complete and ideologically purified biography of the leader. It also shows the contrast between the unstable early years (the suspension of the scholarship) and the later cult of the individual that was built in detail, down to the memories of the primer and the first school desk.
