The three-sided cryptologists' monument in front of the Imperial Castle i

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Cryptologists' Monument (Enigma Breakers)

The monument in front of the main entrance to the Imperial Castle commemorates Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski, mathematicians connected with the University of Poznań who broke the cipher of the German Enigma machine.

About the monument

It was unveiled in 2007. It was designed by Grażyna Bielska-Kozakiewicz and Mariusz Kozakiewicz.

It has the form of a metal prism with a triangular base. The walls are covered with strings of digits into which the names of the cryptologists are inscribed, as a tribute to mathematics and human thought.

At the bottom are inscriptions in Polish and English with biographies of the three mathematicians.

Good to know

Before the war rooms of the university were housed in the castle. A few steps away is the Enigma Cipher Centre with a multimedia exhibition on this history.

Sources (in Polish)

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