Henryk Zygalski (July 15th 1906 - † August 30th 1978), mathematician and Cryptologue Polish of the University of Poznań and Biuro Szyfrów, office of the figure of the Polish information. Together with Marian Rejewski and Jerzy Różycki they bored the German code Enigma in January 1933 and built a copy.

After 1939 he worked as Polish officer for the military intelligence in France then passed to England where he worked in the center of the British information with Boxmoor.

After the Second world war remains in the United Kingdom where he worked as professor of mathematics in a provincial school.

See too

• Biuro Szyfrów

External bonds

• The Enigma Codes Breach by Jan Bury: year account off the Polish role
• The Breaking off Enigma by the Polish Mathematicians by Tony Salts
• How Mathematicians Helped Win WWII - National Security Agency
• Enigma documents