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How the FBI found gay WWII codebreaker Alan Turing’s stolen medal from the King
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gaystarnews.comThe life of gay World War II codebreaker Alan Turing was always entwined with secrecy and twists of fate. But now a final injustice against him is being corrected.
America will return priceless memorabilia to his school in England after a woman, claiming to be his daughter, stole the items 36 years ago.
The genius mathematician worked at Bletchley Park, England during World War II. There he helped break the German’s Enigma code – helping the Allies defeat the Nazis, shortening the war and saving countless lives.
Moreover, his work on early computers is so significant that he is seen as the father of modern computing. However, in 1952 the police charged him with gross indecency after he admitted to having gay sex – a crime in the UK at the
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