Máté Zalka

Máté Zalka
Máté Zalka
	Zalka during the Spanish Civil War
Birth name	Frankl Béla
Other name(s)	Máté Zalka, General Lukács
Born	23 April 1896; Tunyogmatolcs, Austria-Hungary
Died	11 June 1937 (aged 41); Huesca, Spain
Buried	Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary; Russian SFSR; Spanish Republic;
Branch	Royal Hungarian Army; Red Army; International Brigades;
Years of service	1914–1937
Commands	XII International Brigade; 45th Division
Battles / wars	World War I Eastern Front; ; Russian Civil War; Polish–Soviet War Kiev offensive; ; Turkish War of Independence; Spanish Civil War Huesca Offensive †; ;

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.