The legendary code encryption machine was discovered during a search for abandoned old fishing nets in Gelting Bay, the Baltic Sea, northeastern Germany. The recently highlighted rare encryption machine "Enigma", which was used by the Nazis to send encrypted messages via radio communications during the Second World War, has been handed over to the museum by German divers for restoration.
The group's chief diver, Florian Huber, told the news agency that his colleague had swum to him and said, "There's a net with an old typewriter in it."
The diving team quickly realized that they had accidentally come across a historical artifact and the finding was reported by the authorities.
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Ulf Ikerod, head of the National Archaeological Bureau in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany, said that the code encryption machine would be restored by experts from the National Archaeological Museum. The delicate restoration process, which also includes the desalination process, could take one year, given that the valuable find has been on the Baltic Sea bed for seven decades. After the restoration, "Enigma" will be exhibited in the museum and will be available to a wider audience.
The historian concludes that the found "Enigma" came from a German ship
Maritime historian Jann Vitts, of the German Naval Association, told reporters during an interview that he believed the found code-coding machine, which had three rotors, had been blamed on the railings of a German warship in the last days of the war. The historian mentioned that it is unlikely that it came from a submarine, because Adolf Hitler used more sophisticated four-rotor "Enigma" code encryption machines. Allied forces, during World War II, worked tirelessly to decipher the codes generated by Enigma,
which were changed every 24 hours.
Encryption machine parts from "Enigma" are also found in the territory of Latvia
Parts of the radio text encryption machine, encryption disks from Enigma, have also been found in Latvian territorial waters, with divers from Latvia inspecting the wreck of the German army ship Nordmark several years earlier.
More about the history of Enigma
The British mathematician Alan Turing, considered the father of modern computing, led a team that broke the code generated by the Enigma encryption machine in 1941. This achievement helped to decipher crucial radio messages about further German military movements. Historians believe that it was this achievement that shortened World War II by two years.
"Enigma" is also displayed on the big screen
From this story, a film called "Imitation Game" was made in 2014, in which the main role of Alan Turing is played by the British actor nominated for an Oscar, Benedict Kamberbach.
