I am the boy with the curly hair, third from the right. I spent six years at the orphanage between 1928 and 1935. The orphanage is still in operation today. The old adage that to live in the worst family is better than an orphanage is no longer true. As in the days of Axenfeld, the orphanage is administered and supported by the Lutheran Church.
Foster money finances each child.
All contributions to the institution go exclusively to the benefit of the children.