During Nazi occupation , school ceased its activity . In the first days of October 1939 , several actions against teachers were carried out by occupying forces : 204 were arrested and underwent torture in the artillery barracks . 56 were shot in the Valley of Death ( Bydgoszcz ) in Fordon . There died School director Zygmunt Polakowski . As in other sites in Poland , an underground education system was founded in 1939
Valley of Death ( Bydgoszcz )
Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz)
High School No. 1, Bydgoszcz