Enigma
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Enigma (Wikipedia) was a World War II-era rotor machine used by Nazi Germany, amongst others, and was famously broken by Allied cryptographers.
[edit] Where can I see one?
[edit] Australia
- Australian War Memorial, Canberra (3 rotor Enigma machine) [1], [2]
- Powerhouse Museum, Sydney (3 rotor Enigma machine) [3]
[edit] Belgium
- Royal Army and Military History Museum, Brussels.
Museum website
The 3 rotor Heer (Army) Enigma
[edit] Canada
- Military Communications and Electronics Museum, Kingston [4] a 4-rotor Enigma machine, [5].
[edit] Germany
- Deutsches Museum, Munich
[6] Both 3 and 4 rotor Enigma machines.
[edit] Luxembourg
- National Museum of Military History in Diekirch. The museum exhibits a 1941 3-rotor Heer Enigma [7].
[edit] United Kingdom
- Bletchley Park, Bletchley, near Milton Keynes. In December 2004, they were exhibiting a four-wheel Naval Enigma (M4), two three-wheel Enigmas, and an "exploded" Enigma rotor display.
- Imperial War Museum, London. A 3-wheel Enigma.
- Science Museum, London. The museum has a three-wheel Enigma on display.
- Mark Baldwin, itinerant lecturer. Dr Baldwin's presentations are accompanied by a four-wheel Enigma machine.
- Royal Signals Museum, Blandford Camp, Dorset. The museum has a three-wheel Enigma on display.
- Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London, which has a World War II Polish duplicate of the three-wheel Enigma.
- HMS Belfast, London. A 4-wheel Naval Enigma.
[edit] United States
- National Cryptologic Museum, Maryland. The museum has a number of Enigma machines on display.
- International Spy Museum, Washington DC [8].
- Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California [9]. A 3-rotor Enigma [10].
- Museum of Science, Boston. 3-wheel Enigma machine, [11].
[edit] Switzerland
- Verkehrshaus, Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne (a 3-wheel Enigma in September 2002), see Wikipedia:de:Bild:Enigma Verkehrshaus Luzern.jpg [12].
[edit] External links
- Enigma machines - known locations — compiled by David Hamer
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