NEW YORK - A rare"Enigma" machine, used by Nazi Germany to create military communications code thought to be unbreakable, sold at auction for more than US$106,000 .
It comes with operating instructions, a case with an engraved Third Reich emblem - and a rich lore including how British scientist Alan Turing helped crack the code.It's not the first time a Nazi code creator has traded hands for such a sum. As World War II drew to a close, Nazi Germany demolished the vast majority of machines used to send and receive encrypted messages to prevent the Allies from getting a hold of them.
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