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Code Breaker 'Lorenz'

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 11:33 am
by Richard
A discovery of a German code machine from WW2 has been found via ebay:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36401663

I wonder how it ended up in Southend!

Re: Code Breaker 'Lorenz'

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 11:35 am
by Richard
I think it was an 'encoder' and therefore not the same thing as a 'code-breaker'?

Re: Code Breaker 'Lorenz'

Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:54 am
by ColinL
Probably taken home from Bletchley Park when it closed and somehow the taker forgot to return it. Have a look in your loft you never know what may be there!