 In September 1940 the English prisoners were transferred to a German camp in the Polish town of Toszek.The first Jews captured during the razzia (pogrom) of 22 and 23 February 1941 in Amsterdam () were transferred in an army truck to the camp.The group of 425 people only stayed for four days after which they were transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp where in June 1941 they were again are transferred to Mauthausen concentration camp.