![]() Zygalski chose to remain in England and spent the post-war years working as a math teacher. He died in 1980, buried in Warsaw’s Powązki Cemetery. ![]() When he published his life story in 1973 he became an unwitting superstar, and his work was finally recognised with a series of honours. In spite of having done the groundwork that broke the original Enigma code their knowledge was not called on by the American and British codebreakers who were cracking new and improved Enigma codes at Bletchely Park, hence the vital Polish contribution has been allowed to fade in the memory.Īfter the war Rejewski returned to Poland where he spent the rest of his days under scrutiny from internal security services, and working in a succession of menial jobs. Seeking sanctuary in England they were employed in Boxmoor cracking simple SS codes. More calamity followed: the remaining pair were arrested by Spanish police and imprisoned, but freed the following year after intervention by the Red Cross. Różycki drowned at sea in 1942 after the boat that carried him sank under suspicious circumstances Zygalski and Rejewski however made it to Spain, in spite of being robbed by the man guiding them over the Pyrenees. With the risk of discovery by the Germans growing greater the team were forced to flee. This proved more successful and from there they found themselves in France, working in Cadix, a secret intelligence cell operating in the unoccupied south. Originally they turned up at the British Embassy in Bucharest, but having been told to ‘come back in a few days’ decided to try their luck with the French instead. On the day before the Nazi invasion of Poland the three fled to Romania where they immediately sought contact with the Allies. The early Polish codebreakers: Henryk Zygalski, Jerzy Różycki and Marian Rejewski.
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