Szmalcówka

In 1940, the Germans set up a labor camp in former factory premises in northern Torun for Polish citizens from Torun and nearby areas. The camp was closed in 1943 and the remaining prisoners were transferred to Potulice. Of the approximately 12,000 prisoners in the camp, about 1,200 died as a result of starvation, disease and maltreatment. Some of them are buried in a nearby cemetery.