Documentation from the Kinderrettungsverein of the Berliner Stadtmission in Berlin The Kinderrettungsverein (Child Rescue Association) was established in 1905 by the priest Wilhelm Pfeiffer, a priest at the Evangelist Innere Mission (Inner Mission) in Berlin. The Association was meant to care for children who were born out of wedlock in the large "Charite" hospital in Berlin. The Association also took care of orphans and half-orphaned children. The Association received custody over the children, took care of their education and vocational training, and attempted to find foster [adoptive] parents for them. The Association was included in the Evangelischen Verband fuer Kinderpflege association in 1940. The documentation in the collection deals with children who, during the Nazi rule, were suspected of being of Jewish origin.