A list of 11 names of communists who led the dictatorship has been released from secret British archives. Everything is related to their criminal past, until they took power in 1945. The documents of the British archive surprise with the detailed biography on the studies, activity, career of post-war Albanian leaders. At the top of this list are the names: Enver Hoxha, Myslim Peza, Baba Faja Martaneshi, Bedri Spahiu, Kosta Boshnjaku, Omer Nishani, Mehmet Shehu, Sejfulla Malëshova and Manol Konomi. The British documents do not spare anything from their biography, while the facts unknown to the Albanian public reveal the reasons why the dictatorship turned into a model of crimes.

For Enver Hoxha, the document states that “he tried to complete his higher education in Belgium, but when he failed to pass his exams for three years in a row, the Ministry of Education cut off his scholarship and, as a result, he began to engage in communist propaganda, especially in 1939 and 1940”. Hoxha, according to them, only joined the anti-Italian bloc after Russia entered the war. “This behavior on his part towards Western democracies was identical to the attitude of other communist exponents, such as Koço Tashko, Kostandin Boshnjaku, etc. Anti-British and anti-American propaganda among communist circles did not openly show their hostility towards Western democracies, while the young openly showed their unwavering stance towards Great Britain and the United States. It did not take much to see that Enver Hoxha was a first-class communist, properly nourished with Marxist-Leninist theory”.

These testimonies were written in real time with the events of the end of the war for those who were in power at that moment in Albania. In this, it should be taken into account that the term "today" is often used. At that time, according to the observation shown in the documents, it is said that in Albania there were different communist groups which were in contradiction with each other and as a result were distracted, while Enveri insisted on their union to form the Albanian Communist Party .

Another important exponent, archived by the British, was Baba Faja Martaneshi, born in 1900 in the village of Luz in Kavaja, he was a servant in Teqe of Elbasani, where he became a Bektashi and later became a dervish. For this profile, it is commented that he was lucky enough to become the father of Teqe i Martanesh, where he was recruited into communism by Mustafa Gjinishi after the Italian occupation of Albania. The documents state that although Baba Faja Martaneshi was not responsible for any specific crime, he is responsible for all the murders and criminal acts committed in his region by his followers and on his behalf. A case from the British proves that the burning of Teqe i Martanesh and the village did not impress Baba Faja, although he was the direct cause of that destruction. These documents further speak of his character and other exploits.

Another name, quite popular and an important person in the communist party, is Bedri Spahiu, who was born in Gjirokastër in 1909 and who completed his studies at the Military School of Tirana. He served in the Albanian Army as a second lieutenant.

"In 1936, he was expelled from school as a communist. In 1939, he became an early fascist, being one of the first to wear the black shirt and the fascist emblem." The Italians gave him a job as a worker in the Automotive Transport Agency of Gjirokastra. He later became an officer in the Militia, which was a type of gendarmerie attached to the Fascist Party, where he was very active in recruiting members for that structure. In 1943, seeing that fascism was coming to an end, he became a communist again and went to the mountains. In fact, the others who later lined up in Hoxha's Government and ordered the crimes, had the same tactic of political behavior, changing fronts according to their interests. The British say that Spahiu became known for the crimes he committed against his opponents.

Little known, but listed by the British papers among the names with a long history of embracing communism, is Kosta Boshnjaku, "one of the exponents of the communist party and at the moment the director of the State Bank". We understand about the "moment" since these testimonies were written in 1945, as soon as power was established. The Bosnian is said to have visited Russia before 1914. After the communist revolution in Russia he returned there to become a registered member of the Communist Party. In 1921, he returned to Albania, but a year later, together with Omer Nishan, he went to Moscow for a mysterious mission. It is still considered a mystery by the British secret archives how the Bosnian managed to be appointed ambassador plenipotentiary to Sofia, where he went with the Russian agent. "However, his movements were closely watched by agents of the British Intelligence Service," the letters state.

"Omer Nishani, born in Gjirokastër in 1885, did not have time to complete his medical studies in Constantinople, due to the Balkan wars", write the documents for this character. In his biography it is noted that in 1922 he went to Moscow led by his friend, Kosta Boshnjaku. There they asked the Committee for money and other help to create a communist organization in Albania. They returned to Albania accompanied by an agent of the Comintern, who was responsible for the communist movement in the Balkans.

Of course, the most atrocious on this list and with a criminal past, the British archives present Mehmet Shehu. Born in the village of Corush in Mallakastra, he is the son of Ismail Shehu and the grandson of Sheh Ali, who are known as two important exponents of the rebellion of 1914-1915, led by Haxhi Qamili against the Albanian government of that time. Sheh Ali, who in himself was a wild and unscrupulous creature, killed Hajred Fratari and Ismail Klos, who were the well-known nationalists of the province of Mallakastra. Mehmet Shehu left his military school halfway and went to Spain together with his friend Hulusi Spahiu. There they became part of the Spanish communist army. British documents state that they were trained in torture and murder.

The name that did not succeed in gaining power in the dictatorship despite being an idealistic communist, Sejfulla Malëshova, is listed on the British blacklist. Born in Malëshovo in Përmet in 1889, he attended university lectures in Rome with an Italian scholarship, but did not finish his studies. When Venerable Fan Noli became president of the revolutionary government in 1924, Sejfulla Malëshova was appointed general secretary of the prime minister. Together with Omer Niashani and Kosta Boshnjak, they were Fan Noli's closest collaborators. This revolutionary Government was one of the first to have diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia, even before Great Britain, France and the Balkan states.

The most popular name, Myslym Peza, was born in Peza, an area in central Albania, he is a simple and illiterate peasant, so much so that even today he puts his finger instead of his signature. When he was young, he committed some ordinary crimes in his village. British documents write that later, in 1927, Peza killed Osman Bali and as a result was forced to leave Albania. He was sentenced to death by the Court of Tirana, when he was in Yugoslavia, where he was sheltered by the well-known Lleshi family. After the Italian occupation of Albania, he returned and in 1940 killed the former prefect of Dibra, Neki Starova, in Pogradec. As can be seen, the crimes of this communist "leader" continue even further.

This is the first time that history has been read from British archives in evidence and the past, perhaps to perceive the political situation today.

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