Piotr Smoleński (died 9 January 1942) was a

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in the Russian section (''B.S.-3'') of the

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's Cipher Bureau. With other cryptologists, including Jan Graliński, he died in the sinking of the passenger ship '' SS Lamoricière'' in the

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*. See in particular p. 106. Year of birth missing 1942 deaths Pre-computer cryptographers 20th-century Polish mathematicians Polish cryptographers Cipher Bureau (Poland) {{Poland-mathematician-stub