Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book e.V.

Together with other Jewish bibliophiles, the law student Herrmann Meyer founded the Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book in 1924 in order to cultivate the exchange of information about Jewish books and, according to the statutes, to publish "rare texts and valuable prints. Soon the society had over 500 members from Germany and abroad. The most ambitious project was the development of a new Hebrew typeface. At the beginning of 1933, the printing of the Torah was finally completed, without any further Hebraica to follow. After the National Socialists came to power, most of the active members left.