00:00Wandering through the Lokot region, Makarova quickly ran out of money and, in a desperate
00:05attempt to survive, turned to prostitution. When questioned by the Germans, she began to
00:11criticize the Soviet government and eventually volunteered to join the Lokot Auxiliary Police.
00:16Given her previous experience with machine guns, Makarova was assigned a Maxim machine gun to
00:22carry out the executions of Soviet partisans and their families who had been sentenced to death.
00:29The Germans, unwilling to participate in the executions themselves, were more than willing
00:34to entrust her with this grim task. As a reward for her involvement, they provided her with a room
00:41at the local stud farm, where she also kept the machine gun. At her first execution, Makarova
00:47appeared calm but could not bring herself to shoot. The Germans gave her alcohol to steady her nerves,
00:53and after that, she no longer needed it for subsequent executions.
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