Gunrunner
Season 1
BONUS interview with Marianne Alverson, "Nai-Nai"
Behind British Bars
Farmboys and Mutiny
by Lorelei Alverson
Join me for an interview with Marianne Alverson, my grandmother and the daughter of Otto Hanz Melchior. In this bonus episode, Marianne, the original translator of Melchior's story, speaks to her experiences as Melchior's daughter and presents her thoughts on his complex life story.
Melchior watches as Germany falls to Nazism, narrowly escapes internment by British forces, and flees communist China.
Melchior embarks on three adventures in the throes of the Great War, culminating in a right wing coup.
Melchior leaves Germany for China and forms connections with some of the most infamous warlords of his time, while dealing arms for the German manufacturer Carlowitz & Co.