Manfred Stern

Manfred Stern
Manfred Stern
Born	January 1896
Died	18 February 1954
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary; Russian SFSR; Soviet Union; Jiangxi Soviet; Second Spanish Republic;
Branch	Austro-Hungarian Army; Soviet Red Army; Chinese Red Army; Spanish Republican Army;
Years of service	1914-1939
Battles / wars	World War One; Russian Civil War; Chinese Civil War; Spanish Civil War;

Manfred (Moses) Stern (Russian: Манфред (Мойше) Штерн; also known as Emilio Kléber, Lazar Stern, Moishe Stern, Mark Zilbert; 1896–1954) was a member of the GRU, Soviet military intelligence. He served as a spy in the United States, as a military advisor in China, and gained fame under his nom de guerre as General Kléber, leader of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.