Marian Rejewski
David Hamer <[email protected]>
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David Hamer
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Posthumous medal for Polish Code-Breaker
From the British Ministry of Defence Site
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Untold Story of Enigma Code-Breaker
Published Tuesday 5th July 2005
The code-breaker who revolutionised British reading of the Enigma code,
Marian Rejewski, was honoured by Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir
Michael Walker, and his Polish counterpart, General Czeslaw Piatas at a
ceremony on 4 July 2005.
Rejewski's work has been described "the mathematical theorem that won
World War II". Rejewski returned to Poland at the end of hostilities
and died in 1980. As a result of the Cold War, he never received his
1939 - 45 War Medal and his story has gone largely untold.
Marian's daughter, Mrs Janina Sylwestrzak, received her father's War
Medal on his behalf in the ceremony at Lancaster House.
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Biography
<http://news.mod.uk/news/press/news_headline_story.asp?newsItem_id=3339>
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