Prince Andrew returns the Enigma machine first decoded by three Poles

England's Duke of York yesterday presented Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek with an original German Enigma coding machine from World War II, in recognition of the three Polish mathematicians who first broke the Enigma code. Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski, Jerzy Rozycki were just beginning their academic careers at Poznan University, when in 1929 they were approached by Polish intelligence looking to break the Enigma code and in 1933 they broke it. In July 1939 Poland passed the code and two Enigma machines to Britain and France, greatly aiding them in their military actions against Nazi Germany. "If it had not been for the Polish mathematicians, it would not have been possible to break the Enigma code," said Prince Andrew yesterday. Jerzy Buzek meanwhile reminded him that according to Encyclopedia Britannica, it was the British who broke the Enigma code. The Duke of York said he would look into this matter. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 3)