Socialite and philanthropist. Born in Calafat in the Kingdom of Romania, she became the wife of World War II authoritarian Prime Minister and Conducator Ion Antonescu. She was President of the Social Works Patronage Council which profited from antisemitic policies and deportation of Jews. Arrested after the 1944 coup which overthrew her husband, she became a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union, tried and sentenced for economic crimes. She was imprisoned for five years and lived out her life under exile in Bordusani, Romania.
- Name: Maria Niculescu Antonescu
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- Birth: 03/11/1892 (Calafat, Municipiul Calafat, Dolj, Romania)
- Death: 18/10/1964 (Bucharest, Bucuresti Municipality, Romania)
- Died at 71
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