The chronicle of Eger Tobacco Factory

The factory-under construction

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As we have been informed that the state has planned the establishment of cigar factories, we reckoned we could not miss the opportunity to draw your Excellency’s attention to the present circumstances of our city, to the need to create jobs and livelihood for our desperate citizens.” It is quite certain that the establishment of the factory in Eger was preceded by many decades of debate and hesitation. City decision-makers must have had the example and experience of many large tobacco factories in view. Tobacco factories were state-operated investments, and offered a secure livelihood for a great many people, also serving as a binding element in the community of any city through many decades. A century even.