The major event today was Bruce’s visit to the Spy Museum, very
close to where we had been yesterday. We can only handle one museum
per day.
The museum offered a very complete view of the business, starting at
biblical times and continuing right up to the present. It addressed a
lot of aspects of things, complete with many real world examples
that had become public knowledge.
An early example of Industrial Espionage, during the Industrial Revolution.
The American textile industry employed similar tactics against the British.
Exhibit of the famed German Enigma crypto equipment.
They considered it unbreakable, but our efforts at Bletchley Park proved them wrong.
Getting closer to contemporary times
Model of spy swap at the Glieneke Bridge
Probably Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel,
as seen in the movie Bridge of Spies
Young kid modeling his spy disguise.
There was another kid running around in a giant Afro wig.
I chose not to photograph him, in case he might some day enter politics and find his career ruined if the photo ever surfaced.
Poster in the gift shop
My souvenirs of the visit
I didn’t need the clues to punch out my name in Morse Code.
I didn’t need the clues to punch out my name in Morse Code.
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