 The local press was also hostile towards the Germans.Fearful of a re-Germanization of the city, the Polish paper "Słowo Pomorskie" (23.19.1923) criticized the authorities of Grudziądz for tolerating the local German amateur theatre "Deutsche Bühne".The theatre was funded by money from Berlin Created before the war, its actors were mostly German officers stationed with the local garrison
The mayor responded by pointing out that the theatre was being monitored because of suspected “anti-state activities”.