Nazi book full of Enigma codes sold for £87,000
Martin Postranecky <mp-/[email protected]> Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:04:51 +0100
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12 June 2014 Nazi book full of Enigma codes sold for £87,000 : 1944 version was soluble so it could be destroyed in case of capture By Paul Donnelley A book containing top secret Enigma codes that helped Nazi U-boats evade attack from the Allies has sold for almost £90,000. Thousands of copies of the book were issued to the crews of the German submarines during the Second World War. But they were soluble and designed to be destroyed by throwing them in the water in the event of capture...../snip/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2655689/Nazi-book-Enigma-codes-sold-87-000-1944-version-soluble-destroyed-case-capture.html http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/12/article-0-1EA8992300000578-36_308x425.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/12/article-0-1EA8B53000000578-360_308x425.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/12/article-0-1EA8B4AE00000578-980_308x425.jpg