Google translated from Hungarian Six Enigma encoders were found in the Baltic Sea January 21, 2021 5:37 PM Divers brought coders used during World War II off the coast of Germany. The historical finds were found near the island of Schleimünde, said the Archaeological Office of Schleswig-Holstein. Christian Hüttner, the discoverer of the find, said they were looking for a lost propeller when they came across the Enigma machines. He added that the encoders were apparently partially rendered unusable before they were disposed of. Encryption machines were used by the Nazis to encrypt messages during World War II. Polish mathematicians managed to crack the Enigma code in the early 1930s, sharing their knowledge with the British at the end of the decade. Mathematician Alan Turing was also a member of the Bletchley Park coding team that could read Nazi encrypted messages with Enigma. Research divers had already found an Enigma plane last November when they were looking for abandoned fishing nets in the Baltic Sea. That machine is already being restored at the Archaeological Museum in Schleswig. Additional Enigmas discovered by Hüttner will also be restored and later exhibited. According to the Archaeological Office, it is not clear how the machines got to the bottom of the sea. Archaeologists say many Enigmas have been sunk near German shores.