In 1932, Polish mathematicians and cryptologists Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki, and Henryk Zygalski solved the famous Enigma cypher. Allan Thuring later used their work to decrypt the messages sent with the use of the military version of the Enigma.

The Germans began using Enigma in July 1928. The cypher was considered impossible to break and became a secret weapon of the Third Reich. Although the Poles managed to crack its sophisticated code, officially the Germans did not know that the Enigma code had been broken.

While leading a search on Sobieszewo Island in Gdańsk, members of the Latebra Foundation’s Historical Exploration Association came across an unexpected find. The researchers are talking about a sensation on a worldwide scale.

The finding was captured on na video:

An expert has already confirmed that these are elements of Enigma.

“Most probably these are parts of one Enigma, which consisted of three rotors. We found as many as eight of them, but these are most likely spare ones,” Dominik Markiewicz, board member and spokesman of the Latebra Foundation told in an interview for trojmiasto.pl.

Dr Marcin Westphal deputy director for content from the National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk, who confirmed the authenticity of the find from Sobieszewo Island, believes that the machine was used for German armoured troops’ communications.

Source: interia.pl

Photo: @IPNGdansk

Tomasz Modrzejewski