 The Polish population numbers rose steadily before the First World War.In the German election of 1912, the National Liberal Party of Germany received 53% of all votes, whilst Polish candidates won 23% of votes.In 1912, Wiktor Kulerski founded the Polish Catholic Peasant Party in the city, which aimed at protecting the local Polish population

In 1913, the "Polish Gazeta Grudziądzka" reached a circulation of 128,000, making it the third largest Polish newspaper in the world.