Bletchley Park's Anne V. Hereford's secret code-breaking work in WWII

The quest to crack the enigma code has been made famous once again in the new movie "The Imitation Game." But it was a real life, Second World War drama for some Canadian women. Even if they had to keep their top secret work, top secret. Today we rebroadcast our documentary "In Search of Anne" about one family's discovery of just what their mother was up to during the war.

The movie "The Imitation Game," tells the story of Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician who broke the Nazi codes at a time when it looked like Hitler might win the war.

Alan Turing did his code-breaking at a legendary, top-secret establishment in England called Bletchley Park. And it was at Bletchley that a handful of women with the Canadian Navy, known as Wrens, worked in the shadows to help defeat the Axis.

This is the story of two of those Canadian Wrens. The documentary by the Current's Howard Goldenthal is called "In Search of Anne."

Top Row: Wren W. Grimmet, Wren L. Beck, Wren I. Millar, Wren H. Dickinson, Wren J. Hale, Wren J. Tackaberry, Wren B. Maxwell-Smith, Wren M. Parker.

Middle Row: Wren T. Schatz, Wren P. Code, Wren S. Mapin, Wren A. Hereford.

Bottom Row: Wren E. Knox, Wren B. Dugal, Wren N. Baker.

Below is a train ticket, Pembroke V is one of the code names for Bletchley Park.