Kurt Vetterlein
Kurt Vetterlein was a German engineer and cryptologist .
After studying in Munich, from 1940 Vetterlein was head of department at the research center of the Reichspost in Berlin, which was entrusted with intelligence activities in the Third Reich .
Services
During the Second World War, Vetterlein broke the encryption of transatlantic telephone calls using so-called hackers (see Gellermann 1991). This made it possible to listen to phone calls over the transatlantic telephone connection, which had been handled by radio from 1926 until the first transatlantic telephone cable was put into operation in 1956, to record the content of the conversation and to reconstruct it again using sound spectrographs .
literature
- Günther W. Gellermann: “... and listened to Hitler. Geheime Reichssache: The eavesdropping centers of the Third Reich. ”Publisher: Bernard & Graefe 1991. ISBN 3-7637-5899-2
Web links
- Google Books entry - The Hakeburg ....
- Google Books Entry - Information Technology, History & Backgrounds
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Little cousin, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and cryptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |