From the windows of their office in the northeast wing they could see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the colonnade-topped arcade that joined the two wings. Taking a break from mathematical formulas and ciphers, they could look down from their third-floor perch at foreign delegations laying beribboned wreaths. They derived a peculiar, perhaps slightly perverse, satisfaction from watching the dignitaries of the Third Reich. The awareness that they—anonymous workers in one of the Polish General Staff backroom units—could penetrate the German dignitaries’ most secret plans prejudicial to Poland’s defense and independent existence, gave them a sense of intellectual and moral superiority. The pompous Goering, aglitter with gilt medals and badges, the demonically grimacing Goebbels, and other emissaries from Germany who in the years 1934-38 were fairly frequent visitors to Warsaw, seemed like characters out of some wretched wandering theater. Could foreknowledge of the adversary's designs but have redressed the imbalance of forces!

— Enigma by Władysław Kozaczuk (Page 44)