In 1941, the Germans created a transition camp for Poles expelled from the region in a local factory (present-day museum).[21][22] People were held there for several weeks, and then expelled to the General Government.[21] Hundreds of Polish inhabitants of Tczew were expelled in 1940 and 1941.[23] Some inhabitants were also deported to forced labour to Germany.[4] In 1943, local Poles managed to save some kidnapped Polish children from the Zamość region, by buying them from the Germans at the local train station.[24]