90 years ago, in 1935, after six years of construction, the factory new building planned by Peter Behrens and Alexander Popp was opened by the Linz tobacco factory. At the climax, around 3,800 people worked in the factory, which shaped an entire district and was a coveted job due to their social standards.
- From the archive: Final round in the sale of the tobacco factory: 17 million euros
Anecdotes and experiences wanted
In 2009 cigarette production was discontinued, the city of Linz bought the area and gradually developed it into today’s creative management location. For the 90th anniversary of the listed building, the tobacco factory is looking for contemporary witnesses, which worked in the former “Tschickbude” or experienced the tobacco factory up close until 2009 – whether as former employees, children of employees, suppliers or people. Your anecdotes, experiences and stories should be preserved and made available to the public.
Video interviews
For this purpose, short video interviews will be recorded on May 23 at the open tobacco factory. If you don’t want to be filmed, you can submit your story in writing-well-written, by email or as a printed text.
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Image: Archive of the city of Linz
Source: Nachrichten
