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By Robert Wilde, About.com Guide to European History since 2001

Bletchley Park Needs Funds

Friday September 12, 2008
During the Second World War Bletchley Park was the centre of British code breaking efforts, where a team of experts managed to break German ciphers and invent the era of modern computing while doing it. Now the buildings are museums, but the centre faces a crisis unless funds can be found soon as the wooden structures are rotting (they were only supposed to be temporary). IBM and PGP recently gave $100,000, but $5 million is needed for the repairs. Technology websites have sent out a call for donations, which can be given via the Bletchly Park website. ZDNet has a video about the situation.

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