Abraham M. Eckstein

Abraham M. Eckstein , actually Abraham Mannes , (* unknown; † unknown) was a German-Jewish tobacco manufacturer. Since 1828 he had the family name Eckstein. He came from the Paderborn bishopric and settled in Lauenförde , where he ran a small tobacco and cigar factory. In 1843 he went to Göttingen and started producing cigarettes there. He thus laid the foundation for the later important cigarette factory Eckstein and Eckstein-Halpaus , located in Dresden and Breslau .

Individual evidence

^ Historical handshake of the Jewish communities in Lower Saxony and Bremen. Vol. 2. Ed. By Herbert Obenaus in collaboration. with David Bankier and Daniel Fraenkel. Göttingen: Wallstein 2005, p. 938f.

personal data
SURNAME	Eckstein, Abraham M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Man, Abraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Jewish tobacco manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH	18th century or 19th century
DATE OF DEATH	19th century or 20th century

[1] Historical handshake of the Jewish communities in Lower Saxony and Bremen. Vol. 2. Ed. By Herbert Obenaus in collaboration. with David Bankier and Daniel Fraenkel. Göttingen: Wallstein 2005, p. 938f.