In the area under the Libeň Bridge, at the railway station at Maniny in Holešovice harbour, a collection point was created in 1942 where all requisitioned metal, mainly church bells from the entire Protectorate, was gathered, as well as memorials, commemorative plaques or metal construction material.See collection of Zdeněk Wirth, Documentation Department, Institute of Art History of the CAS, signature W-A-66. In the summer of 1942, from this location five ships transported nearly ten thousand bells with a total weight of over a million and half tones to Germany.