By presenting themselves, as the communist party and as the state security apparatus, they controlled, as the vigilant defenders, the "country's independence-.
Interesting is the fact that the Communist movement was launched by intellectuals. And now that the power was centralized in their hands, the communist elite co-opted or terrorized the entire Albanian population into blind obedience, herding them into obligatory front organizations, bombarding them with propaganda, and disciplining them with a police leviathan untrammeled by anything resembling to the legal, ethical, religious, or political norms. .
They denied them almost all their human rights. For decades Albania was the Eastern Europe's most closed and repressive state. During his 50-year reign, the former communist, leader Enver Hoxha banned religion, forbade travel abroad and outlawed private property. .
Now there were no other political parties in Albania's political life. The only two political organizations that existed in that time, "Balli Kombëtar- (The National Front) and "Legaliteti- (The Legality Movement) were dissolved in 1943. In September 1943, preparing the ground for a seizure of power following the anticipated defeat of Germany, the Communists also launched a campaign against the nationalist organizations Balli Kombëtar (National Front) and Legaliteti (Legality Movement). After a bloody civil war, the nationalists were defeated, and some of them were executed while some others who were luckier could escape abroad. On October 1944 the Communists were able to form a strong government headed.
Upon taking power in late 1944, all schools were placed under state management. According to this situation, official statistics indicated that the regime made a considerable progress in education because the communist regime gave high priority to reopening the schools and organizing the whole education system.