[Alan Turing] is credited with breaking the Enigma code in 1941. [...

] After the war, Turing

built on these ideas to develop something closer to the computer we recognize today.
Turing’s life and tragic end by suicide following years of persecution and “treatment” for
his homosexuality were immortalized in the 2014 film The Imitation Game. [...]

Shortly after the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939, a group of cryptanalysts were
evacuated to France. The group consisted of employees from the Polish Cipher Bureau
who had been working on the German Enigma code. [...] Rejewski’s work on the Enigma
code was very significant. As early as 1932, while still in Poland, he developed an in-
depth understanding of how the machine worked. He even managed to reconstruct its
internal wiring without ever having seen the machine.

Rejewski is credited with doing groundbreaking work that allowed the code finally to be
broken by Turing in 1941.

Rejewski returned to Poland after the war. For a long time, he kept quiet about his
remarkable code breaking skills to avoid the government becoming interested in him. [...]

Due to the secretive nature of their work, many cryptanalysts never received recognition
for their work until many years later. But their contribution to the war effort was hugely
significant.

“The Imitation Game: Who Were The Top Code Breakers of WWII?”, Eileen
Farrelly, Warhistoryonline.com, 2019.

This document is a text about Alan Turing and the Enigma code that he describes in 1941.
But he suicides him after persecution because he is homosexual and a film has been created
about his life. The text talks about Rejewski because he broke a code too. What is striking
about this text is the suicide of Turing and the both men have been not recognize by people.

Common points : about Turing and the Enigma machine

Impact of science : technology advance
Who do you admire the most:

Striking = don’t know how much Turing owed to polish code breakers
Kept his discovery secret
Suicide because persecution because he is homosexual

Common points : the importance of hidden figures

The impact science had during the war : science was the key