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Four (or more) Interesting Enigma-like Crypto Machines

  • The National Museum of Computing Block H, Bletchley Park Bletchley, England, MK3 6GX United Kingdom (map)
The “GREEN” Japanese crypto machine”

The “GREEN” Japanese crypto machine”

A Hebrew Enigma simulator

A Hebrew Enigma simulator

A virtual talk by Jerry McCarthy

In this talk, Jerry will first give a brief explanation of the operation of the German Enigma machine, and will then discuss four (or more) similar machines, including the Japanese “Green” machine, a Hebrew-ised version of Enigma, and the Polish “Lacida”.

A Q&A session will be available at the end

Jerry McCarthy

Jerry is a Volunteer Docent at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), Bletchley and an occasional speaker at the Piłsudski Institute, Hammersmith, London.

*Picture thanks to Ralph Simpson, Cipher History Museum San Jose, CA

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