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Fritz Menzer - A Secret Life

Directed by: Robert Jahn
Duration: 7 minutes
German
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​​Fritz Menzer, a simple toolmaker from Saxony, becomes one of the Wehrmacht's central cryptologists during the National Socialist era. He develops the cipher device 41, the successor to the legendary Enigma, and holds contacts with the military resistance. Already during the war, British codebreakers are hot on Menzer's trail. And after 1945, both the Soviet Union and the USA want to secure his services. Fritz Menzer and his family get caught between the front lines of the looming Cold War…
Fritz Menzer, ein einfacher Werkzeugmacher aus Sachsen, wird in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus zu einem der zentralen Kryptologen der Wehrmacht. Er entwickelt das Schlüsselgerät 41, den Nachfolger der legendären Enigma, und hält Kontakte zum militärischen Widerstand. Schon während des Krieges sind britische Codebrecher Menzer auf der Spur. Und nach 1945 wollen sich sowohl die Sowjetunion als auch die USA seine Dienste sichern. Fritz Menzer und seine Familie geraten zwischen die Fronten des drohenden Kalten Krieges…
Genres: Documentary and Reality
Studio: -
Producers: Nina MairRobert Jahn
From: DE
Writers: Robert Jahn

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