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Henryk Zygalski
1908 - 1978 · Mathematician, Cryptologist · b. in Poznań
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Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1908-1978)
Henryk Zygalski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.
Key achievements
- 01Co-broke the Enigma cipher
- 02Invented the method of the Zygalski sheets
- 03Continued codebreaking in wartime France
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