Máté Zalka
Máté Zalka | |
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Zalka during the Spanish Civil War | |
| Birth name | Frankl Béla |
| Other names | Máté Zalka, General Lukács |
| Born | 23 April 1896 |
| Died | 11 June 1937 (aged 41) |
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| Service years | 1914–1937 |
| Commands | XII International Brigade 45th Division |
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Béla Frankl (23 April 1896 – 11 June 1937), known by the name Máté Zalka, was a Hungarian writer, soldier, and revolutionary. He fought in the Royal Hungarian Army during the First World War and was captured by the Imperial Russian Army. Subsequently, while a Russian prisoner of war, he came under the influence of Bolshevism and fought during the Russian Civil War. After participating in various other conflicts for the Soviet Union, Zalka moved to Spain and fought in the Spanish Civil War as a general for the International Brigades. He was killed on June 22, 1937, near Huesca when his car was hit by artillery fire. His remains were brought back to Hungary, where he was buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.