According to Eugeniusz Popielarz, who was imprisoned there as a young Polish teenager from May 1942 until May 1945 with his mother and three brothers, the older teens and adults dug the peat while the younger pre-teen and teenage boys would push loaded railwagons up an incline on a narrow gauge railway so that they could coast downhill to assemble the train, powered by a peat-fired small locomotive, which would then take the peat to the power plant.
Eugeniusz Popielarzi sõnul, kes oli siin Poola noorukina vangis 1942. aasta maist kuni 1945. aasta maini koos oma ema ja kolme vennaga, lõikasid vanemad teismelised ja täiskasvanud turvast, samas noored poisid ja teismelised pidid lükkama koormatud vagunid kallakut pidi üles kitsarööpmelisele raudteele, nii et need saaks alla lasta rongi koostamiseks, mida vedas turbapõletamisel väike vedur, mis viis turba seejärel elektrijaama.