The German official Heinrich Mettenmeyer wrote that German-appointed teachers were treated with the highest disdain by Polish children and their parents.[10] The town remained a center of Polish resistance, and Poles established various organizations, including the Bank Ludowy ("People's Bank").[2] According to the census of 1910, Dirschau had a population of 16,894, of which 15,492 (91.7%) were Germans and 1,397 (8.3%) were Poles.[11][12]