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held the title of Counsel for the High Cipher Service; and Hermann
Scherschmidt, a specialist in Polish and other Slavonic codes. All usually
held the same rank of Regierungsrat that Kunze, Schauffler, and
Paschke did. In 1933, when Hitler came to power, Pers z employed about
30 civil servants. As Germany re-
*This division carries into the practical sphere the distinction that
codes operate upon texts linguistically whereas ciphers operate
nonlinguistically.
armed, Pers z expanded, though slowly at first. Recruiting was subtle:
prospective recruits did not know that they were being considered for the
highly secret work of cryptanalysis. One woman, Asta Friedrichs, who
had taught school in Bulgaria and knew that language, which Pers z
needed, was simply asked if she would like to learn Serbo-Croatian and
do some work involving it; she accepted, and not until after a
probationary period was she told about the code-breaking. She began
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