Antonina Makarova | |
|---|---|
 Makarova during World War II | |
| Born | Antonina Panfilova 1 March 1920 |
| Died | 11 August 1979 (aged 59) |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Other names | Tonya the Machine-Gun Girl |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Spouse | Viktor Ginsburg (married 1945) |
| Conviction(s) | Treason |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | ~168–1500+ |
Span of crimes | 1943–1945 |
| Country | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Location(s) | Lokot Autonomy |
Date apprehended | 1978 |
Antonina Makarovna Makarova (née Panfilova, Ginsburg by marriage, ‹See Tfd›Russian: Антонина Макаровна Макарова, 1 March 1920 – 11 August 1979[1]) was a Soviet war criminal and executioner who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II. From 1942 to 1943, she executed hundreds of Soviet partisans and their family members using a Russian M1910 Maxim machine gun. Makarova was tentatively identified by the Soviet KGB in 1976, and observed for a year before being arrested in 1978. Makarova was convicted of treason, sentenced to death, and executed in 1979.[2] She was known as "Tonka the Machine-Gun Girl".[3] Makarova was prosecuted for her role in at least 168 deaths, but was implicated in about 1,500 executions.[4]
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