Enigma

Long-awaited Polish History Museum finally opens to become Poland’s largest cultural facility

The monumental institution, spanning over 45,000 square meters, with an exhibition area of approximately 8,000 square meters and six levels, takes its place as Poland's largest cultural facility. Polish history museum

The monumental institution, spanning over 45,000 square meters, with an exhibition area of approximately 8,000 square meters and six levels, takes its place as Poland's largest cultural facility.

Foreign Intelligence Service reveals original 1930s Enigma machine

Dating from 1937, the machine with the model number A7874 was used by the Third Reich’s military and special forces and would have been the same model the Polish cryptologists faced when working on trying to break the infamous code.

New centre dedicated to Polish Enigma codebreakers opens in Poznań

The main focus of the centre is the story of Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki who influenced the fate of the world by being the first to break the German cipher machine code in 1932.

First mistaken for a typewriter, divers discover rare Enigma machine at the bottom of the Baltic

Set to undergo a one-year conservation process, the cipher machine was accidentally discovered by divers seeking out ‘ghost nets’.

Original Polish Enigma machine used to break WWII German codes sent to Poland

The machine is one of only four Polish Enigma copies that were produced in France after key staff from the famous Polish Cypher Bureau left Poland after the German invasion in September 1939.

Monumental effort: Poland’s historic monuments stand tall

As world marks International Monuments Day, TFN looks at some of Poland’s finest.

British writer speaks on Poles' role in decoding Enigma

British writer Dermot Turing spoke on Tuesday about the role of Polish mathematicians in decoding Nazi Germany's World War II Enigma code at the Józef Piłsudski Institute in New York. Breaking Enigma enabled the Allies to monitor German military plans.

Tender announced for stunning new Enigma museum honouring Polish mathematicians who broke the code

A joint collaboration between city authorities and the local Adam Mickiewicz University, the project is set to cost in excess of 20 million złoty with substantial EU funding already secured.

Code War: new exhibition lifts the lid on the secret world of code breaking and clandestine communications

The exhibition covers over a 100 years of machinery and devices that helped win wars, helped spies and undermine communism.

‘Poles helped end WWII’, codebreaker’s nephew tells TFN

At this week’s Cyber Security Conference in Kraków, TFN’s Matt Day caught up with Dermot Turing, guest of honour and nephew of Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing, for a chat about his uncle’s work and the vital role of Polish codebreakers in helping to end the war.

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