{"id":725,"date":"2021-07-01T14:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T12:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/centrum-szyfrow\/historia\/o-projekcie-cse\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:54:51","slug":"history-of-the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/en\/cipher-centre\/historia\/history-of-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the project"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":834,"parent":688,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-history.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-725","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"section_100","title":"History of the project","font_size":"26","text":"

The idea to create an institution in Pozna\u0144 which would commemorate the intellectual achievement of the three graduates of the University of Pozna\u0144: Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy R\u00f3\u017cycki, was first suggested in 2010 on Radio Merkury by Szymon Mazur, the station\u2019s journalist at the time. He drew attention to the fact that these three men studied mathematics and cryptology in Pozna\u0144 under the guidance of Prof. Zdzis\u0142aw Krygowski. Then, in the Pozna\u0144 branch of the Polish Army\u2019s Cipher Bureau, located at what was then known as Ko\u015bciuszki Ramparts, they began work on the new German Enigma codes.<\/p>\n

In January 2011 Szymon Mazur drew the attention of Pozna\u0144 and Wielkopolska councillors as well as of the city and region authorities to this idea. In 2012 and 2013 he filed an application to Pozna\u0144 Participatory Budget. He also carried out a project titled \u2018Living Enigma at St Martin\u2019s Day Parade\u2019 \u2013 a float with scouts from Pozna\u0144\u2019s 100th<\/sup> Troop who marched dressed as keys of a cipher machine. The float joined the parade two times.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"img","img":{"ID":834,"id":834,"title":"pomnik","filename":"pomnik.jpg","filesize":686118,"url":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik.jpg","link":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/en\/cipher-centre\/historia\/history-of-the-project\/pomnik-2\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"pomnik-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":725,"date":"2021-08-20 10:42:25","modified":"2021-08-20 10:42:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1393,"height":929,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik.jpg","1536x1536-width":1393,"1536x1536-height":929,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik.jpg","2048x2048-width":1393,"2048x2048-height":929,"img_450_240":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik-450x240.jpg","img_450_240-width":450,"img_450_240-height":240,"img_780_525":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik-780x525.jpg","img_780_525-width":780,"img_780_525-height":525,"full_hd":"https:\/\/csenigma.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pomnik.jpg","full_hd-width":1393,"full_hd-height":929}},"img_caption":"The first symbol commemorating Polish cryptologists in the city space was a monument in the shape of a monolithic triangular prism whose walls were covered in sequences of numbers and letters. "},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordions","row":[{"title":"First there was a monument and an exhibition","text":"

The first symbol commemorating Polish cryptologists in the city space was a monument in the shape of a monolithic triangular prism whose walls were covered in sequences of numbers and letters. The authors of the monument, Gra\u017cyna Bielska-Kozakiewicz and Mariusz Kozakiewicz, hid among the letters the names of the Pozna\u0144 cryptologists. The monument was put up thanks to the initiative of the Pozna\u0144 Society for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences and was unveiled on November 10, 2007 on the plaza next to the building of Collegium Martineum (called Collegium Historicum at the time). It was there that the building of the military supply depot, where Rejewski, Zygalski and R\u00f3\u017cycki worked, was located before the war. The monument was funded thanks to a public fundraiser as well as the money from the local government. In 2007 Dr Marek Grajek published a comprehensive monograph titled Enigma. Bli\u017cej prawdy <\/em>(Enigma. Closer to the truth).<\/p>\n

The achievements of the cryptologists from the University of Pozna\u0144 were also celebrated by the exhibition Enigma. Decipher victory<\/em> organised and financed in 2010 by the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region. The exhibition travelled around Poland, Canada, the United States and many countries in Europe.<\/p>\n

In 2017, on the 85th<\/sup> anniversary of the breaking of the Enigma code, a declaration of cooperation was signed by the local governments and institutions connected to the subject of Enigma. Apart from the Wielkopolska Region and Pozna\u0144, the idea to continue to cooperate in order to promote knowledge of the great Polish cryptologists, their teachers and co-workers was supported by the authorities of Bydgoszcz, Cieszyn, Pobiedzieska, Sosnowiec, Szamotu\u0142y District, the city and municipality of Szamotu\u0142y, Wyszkowski District, the municipality of Wyszk\u00f3w and the 5th<\/sup> Independent Local Club of the Civic Educational Association.<\/p>\n

On January 25, 2018 the outstanding cryptologists were posthumously awarded \u2018Alumno Bene Merenti\u2019 medals by Adam Mickiewicz University, which were presented to their descendants and family members.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"The City of Pozna\u0144 backs the idea","text":"

Pozna\u0144 councillors noticed and highlighted the potential of the story of Enigma and Pozna\u0144 cryptologists already in 2006 in the National Development Strategy for the Tourist Product \u2018The Royal-Imperial Route in Pozna\u0144\u2019 \u2013 a document which they passed, defining the direction of development for cultural tourism in Pozna\u0144. In 2015 Pozna\u0144\u2019s local authorities: Mayor Jacek Ja\u015bkowiak and Deputy Mayor Mariusz Wi\u015bniewski, engaged in the execution of Szymon Mazur\u2019s plan. Mariusz Wi\u015bniewski, who was a councillor at the time and the Head of the Revitalisation Committee, was particularly active. He organised a joint session of several city committees devoted to the issue of the Enigma museum. The councillors backed the idea and in 2014, thanks to Szymon Mazur\u2019s efforts, they appealed to the Mayor, the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region and the President of Adam Mickiewicz University to take action to create an Enigma museum in Pozna\u0144.<\/p>\n

The first visible sign of this was the so-called \u2018Szyfrokontener\u2019 \u2013 a mobile exhibition which from the outside resembled the case of the Enigma cipher machine. It was set up in September 2016 at \u015awi\u0119ty Marcin Street, close to the Cryptologists Monument. For three years \u2018Szyfrokontener\u2019, managed by a group of enthusiasts gathered around Szymon D\u0105browski and Tomasz Or\u0142owski, was promoting the idea to build the Enigma Cipher Centre. It was visited by over 100,000 people from Poland and abroad.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Enigma \u2013 the effect of agreements","text":"

In 2018 Pozna\u0144 authorities decided that after the building has been put into use, the Enigma Cipher Centre would become one of the brands of TRAKT Cultural Tourism Centre (today\u2019s Pozna\u0144 Heritage Centre). On February 15, 2018 the City of Pozna\u0144, Adam Mickiewicz University and TRAKT signed a tripartite agreement to accord the first floor of the building at \u015awi\u0119ty Marcin to the Centre. The next step was a partnership agreement, signed on June 4, 2019 by Pozna\u0144 authorities and Adam Mickiewicz University. The agreement stipulated that the new history-and-education-oriented institution devoted to the history of the breaking of the Enigma code and the history of ciphers, mathematics and computer science would be established inside Collegium Martineum\u2019s building.<\/p>\n

At the same time, preparation to manage the investment was under way. In March 2017 New Amsterdam, a company from Cracow, won the tender to create the guiding idea and the technical concept for the future Enigma Cipher Centre. Clerks from the Projects Coordination and Urban Regeneration Office, under Director Grzegorz Kami\u0144ski, filed an application to the European Union for funding.<\/p>\n

On November 13, 2017 Pozna\u0144 Deputy Mayor Mariusz Wi\u015bniewski and Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region Marek Wo\u017aniak signed an agreement which stated that the project \u2018Enigma Museum in Pozna\u0144\u2019 would be co-financed by the EU as part of WRPO (Regional Operational Programme of Wielkopolska) for 2014-2020. It met the requirements of Action 4.4: Keeping, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage. It was decided that the project would be carried out in cooperation with Adam Mickiewicz University and community organisations popularising the history of the Polish scientific and technological thought. The final amount specified in the application totalled about 30 million zlotys, out of which 10,3 million came from the EU funds and almost 20 million was the City of Pozna\u0144\u2019s own contribution.<\/p>\n

Construction work and work on the design of the exhibition at the Enigma Cipher Centre were carried out by a consortium of companies including ATREM S.A., Firma Budowlana Eugeniusz Dota and New Amsterdam limited liability company. The agreement amounting to 29,2 million zlotys was signed on November 20, 2019. The renovation work inside Collegium Martineum began in 2020 and was completed in July 2021.<\/p>\n

The first version of the exhibition narration was created by Szymon D\u0105browski and Tomasz Or\u0142owski. It was then developed as an exhibition script by Dr Marek Grajek, a cryptologist, initiator of numerous events popularising history and author of publications on Enigma.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"PHC develops ECC","text":"

At the same time Pozna\u0144 Heritage Centre\u2019s employees were working from 2018 on the marketing strategy for the new brand \u2013 the Enigma Cipher Centre. PHC\u2019s team actively participated in the work on developing the exhibition script and arrangement as well as in consultation regarding the construction and technical aspects of the project. It also created the Centre\u2019s mission and devised plans for its future functioning: events accompanying the exhibition, education programmes, the idea for the multimedia library. Finally, it created and implemented the communication and promotion strategy.<\/p>\n

The team, put together by Pozna\u0144 Heritage Centre\u2019s Director Dr Monika Herkt, was supervised by Bartosz Ma\u0142olepszy, Pozna\u0144 Heritage Centre\u2019s Deputy Director. In March 2021 the Enigma Cipher Centre\u2019s Director Piotr Bojarski joined the team.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"The correct execution of the Enigma Cipher Centre exhibition project was supervised by:","text":"

Pozna\u0144 Heritage Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n