Malofsky continued

Malofsky puts English lyrics to an Italian song. In another instance, a song was also slightly altered to apply it to the war: The Jarama Valley song uses the melody of the folk song the Red River Valley.

Malofsky was the Battalion singing master, lead the glee club, and directed the dramatics - all in his free time. It seems that distracting himself from the war was more important that being too busy. He worked with the men to rehearse and put on a show every 2 weeks.

Before the war, Malofsky, Ernest Arion (Ernie) and Bernie were part of a singing group called the Convulsionaries.

This quote of Malofsky's struck me: "Anybody who tries to break the wonderful unity of the Popular Front here is a member of Franco's Fifth Column."

The women he is writing to, Miriam Sigel, contributed strongly to the Youth Theatre back in the States. She was part of a dance group, and the production of Bury the Dead.