About Asim Vokshi
Lived 1909 – 1937 (aged 27–28). Asim Vokshi was an Albanian and Turkish political activist.
Asim Vokshi (1909–1937) was an Albanian Kosovar from Gjakova, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, and studied at a military academy in Italy.
He served as a staff officer in the Garibaldi Battalion of the XII International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.
He descended from the Vokshi tribe from Voksh, Kosovo, which has their origins from the Thaçi tribe according to Robert Elsie.
He is buried in the Cemetery of the Martyrs, Shkodër, Albania.
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Who was Asim Vokshi?
Kosovar staff officer of the Garibaldi Battalion (1909-1937)
When was Asim Vokshi born?
Asim Vokshi was born in 1909 in Gjakova.
When did Asim Vokshi die?
Asim Vokshi died in 1937 in Fuentes de Ebro.
What was Asim Vokshi's occupation?
Asim Vokshi was a political activist.
What nationality was Asim Vokshi?
Asim Vokshi was Albanian and Turkish.
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