Syrisches Waisenhaus– Schneller Orphanage, also called the Syrian Orphanage, was a German Protestant orphanage that operated in Jerusalem from 1860 to 1940. It was one of the first structures to be built outside the Old City of Jerusalem. It was a philanthropic institution offering academic and vocational training to hundreds of orphaned and abandoned Arab children. The orphanage provided both academic and vocational training to orphaned boys and girls from Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Armenia, Turkey, Russia, Iran, and Germany, graduating students skilled in such trades as tailoring, shoe making, engraving, carpentry, metalworking, pottery, painting, printing, farming, and gardening. The orphanage also operated its own printing press and bindery; flour mill and bakery; laundry and clothing-repair service; carpentry; pottery factory; tree and plant nursery; and brick and tile factory. At the beginning of World War II, the British mandatory government deported the German teachers and turned the compound into a closed military camp.