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Poland Launches Exhibit Highlighting Pioneering Enigma Breaks

5/31/2026

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Poland opened the exhibition “Enigma: Decipher Victory” to showcase its role in breaking the Nazi Enigma code.
Polish mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rozycki and Henryk Zygalski broke early Enigma ciphers in 1932.
They shared the findings with British allies and taught Alan Turing to build Enigma-simulating machines.
The Polish Embassy in Washington says the film *The Imitation Game* glosses over Poland’s contribution and urges a fuller picture of British-Polish cooperation.

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Poland opened the exhibition “Enigma: Decipher Victory” to showcase its role in breaking the Nazi Enigma code.
Polish mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rozycki and Henryk Zygalski broke early Enigma ciphers in 1932.
They shared the findings with British allies and taught Alan Turing to build Enigma-simulating machines.
The Polish Embassy in Washington says the film *The Imitation Game* glosses over Poland’s contribution and urges a fuller picture of British-Polish cooperation.