Learning in Retirement Mark Podrazik Code Breakers of WW2

Join us for these free lecture programs to get a taste of what Learning in Retirement (LIR) has to offer! LIR offers a variety of courses both in person and online for retirees, taught by experts and former teachers who love to share their passions. Low cost, six-week courses cover current events, history, medicine, languages, technology, nature, and many other topics. For more information visit lirpalmdesert.com, or search "LIR Palm Desert" on Facebook or YouTube. Learn the story of how the British broke the German codes during World War II and the formation of Bletchley Park, a site that started with 150 staff in 1939 and grew to nearly 9,000 at the height of the war. You will be introduced to Alan Turing and his peers and learn what life was like at this secret hideaway. Mark Podrazik retired in 2023 after working for 27 years as a health care consultant, the last 17 of which he spent running his own firm. After taking a lifelong learning course at Oxford on codebreakers and touring Bletchley Park, he became enamored with the story of this intrepid and unusual group of individuals.