Arthur Scherbius
Publié le 06/02/2022
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The one who wiped us out(*)
During the second world war, a colossal number of scientists
were enlisted for the victory of their respective sides.
Among
them are great and famous persons : Alan Turing, Joan Clarke,
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander and Stewart Menzies.
Yet we are
not going to talk today about those heroes, but about the man
who put his genius at the service of the Germany.
This article is dedicated to the Enigma’s creator : Arthur
Scherbius.
Arthur Scherbius was
born in Francfort in 1878.
His father was a wealthy
business man.
Arthur
studied electrical and
engineering at the
« Technical University of
Munich » then at the
« Leibniz University of
Hannover » where he
completed his studies in
March 1903.
The following
year, he finalised his
thesis on a water turbine
system and was awarded a doctorate in engineering.
The 23rd of February 1918, he filed a patent for his cipher
machine and started to sell it.
At first, the machine was
proposed to the German commercial shipping and to the
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The company was not
successful and was reorganised 2 times during the twenties.
Finally, in 1923, Scherbius sold the first version of the Enigma :
Enigma-A.
Three others versions will follow and Enigma-D.
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