In 1961, the State Estrada actor Enver Dauti wrote a letter to Enver Hoxha, requesting permission for his wife, Adelaide Dauti, to travel outside Albania for health reasons. The request was directly related to the condition of their daughter, who was suffering from polio and had severe physical deformities, especially in her legs, for whom treatment options within the country were very limited.
In the letter, Dauti explains that the destination was Bari, Italy, and that the trip would not have any cost to the Albanian state, as the expenses would be covered by family members living there. He emphasizes that it was only about medical treatment and not about emigration or permanent residence abroad.
In the same request, the actor also mentioned the serious health condition of his wife's aunt, who had raised Adelaide as a mother and wanted to see her one last time. The request was formulated in a restrained manner and in careful language, typical of communication with the authorities of the time.
However, the letter produced no results. The matter was handled for years in silence and only in 1964 was a final official response given. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, through a letter addressed to the Central Committee of the Albanian People's Party, confirmed the rejection of the request.
The document, signed by Deputy Minister Mihallaq Ziçishti, does not base the decision on medical grounds. The refusal is related to the family’s political past: Adelaide Dauti’s aunt had previously been expelled from Albania for “hostile attitudes towards the country,” while Adelaide herself was considered a person with “unfavourable political attitudes.” The document also mentions that no official report from a medical commission on the girl’s illness had been submitted.
Thus, the request for medical treatment was rejected not due to technical or financial impossibility, but for political and biographical reasons. The case of Enver Dauti shows that even issues directly related to a child's health were treated through the ideological filter of the regime, where decision-making depended not on human need, but on the political assessment of the family.
