Hafëz Jusuf Azemi (born in Dobrošte) was a

Balli Kombëtar The Balli Kombëtar (literally ''National Front''), known as Balli, was an Albanian nationalist, collaborationist and anti-communist resistance movement during the Second World War. It was led by Ali Këlcyra and by Midhat Frashëri. The movem ...

fighter from the Dobrošte unit. Having survived

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and the onslaught of the

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...

, Azemi was forced into exile in the United States. While in exile, Azemi continued fighting for the rights and freedom of Albanians in

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. Along with

Abas Ermenji Abas Ermenji (12 December 1913 – 11 March 2003) was an Albanian politician, historian and nationalist fighter with social democratic views who opposed the Albanian Monarchy and Communism. History Ermenji was born in the village of Ermenj, S ...

, Azemi helped form the Union of Kosovars (''Lidhja Kosovare'') as well as many other Albanian organisations in the United States.Lidhja Kosovare Kongresi i Pare Botnuer, Chicago 24-25 Nanduer, 1973
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Albanian nationalists in Kosovo Albanian separatism Balli Kombëtar Albanians in Yugoslavia Macedonian people of American descent Albanian people of World War II Yugoslav emigrants to the United States {{Albania-politician-stub