[FYI] Antiques man guilty of Enigma charge

[Axel H Horns]

On 26 Sep 2001, at 13:39, Trei, Peter wrote:

> > The machine was one of only three in the world An antiques dealer
> > has admitted handling a stolen code-breaking Enigma machine, worth
> > £100,000.  
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> Only 3 in the world? I don't think so. At the last RSA conference, the
> NSA had a historical 'museum', including an enigma. The woman running
> it said there were at least 40 still around. 

Perhaps there are only three of the four-wheel-machines left?

"The stolen device, an Abwehr Enigma G312, is a rare four-rotor 
version, one of only three still known to be in existence."

Of course, there are a lot of other Enigmas. One I've seen at 
Deutsches Museum in Munich, another in a museum in Berlin.

Axel H Horns

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