Hans Rohrbach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hans Rohrbach

German mathematician

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1903

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1993

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Hans Rohrbach

  • Hans Rohrbach (27 February 1903 – 19 December 1993) was a German mathematician.
  • He worked both as an algebraist and a number theorist and later worked as cryptanalyst at Pers Z S, the German Foreign Office cipher bureau, during World War II.
  • He was latterly known as the person who broke the American diplomatic O-2 cypher, a variant of the M-138-A strip cipher during 1943.
  • Rohrbach wrote a report on the breaking of the strip cypher when he was captured by TICOM, the allied effort to roundup and seize captured German intelligence people and material.

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