Posted by Howard Richman on August 08 2008 at 09:44:35:
World Net Daily continues to cover the persecution of homeschoolers in Germany. Here´s a selection from their latest story:
Five children taken into state custody by police in Germany will remain under supervision of government agents because their parents provide homeschool education, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association.Homeschooling continues to be completely illegal in Germany. Follow the following links to read some of the earlier messages that we have posted about this situation:The organization, the world´s premiere homeschooling advocacy group, has worked on a number of cases in Germany in the last few years, including a court imposed three-month prison terms on a homeschooling mom and dad.
In the latest case, officials said members of the Gorber family spent much of the day in German Family Court hearings only to learn the judge ordered the state to retain custody of five children, releasing only a 3-year-old back into his parents custody. The parents were ordered to be evaluated by a psychologist.
The six children had been taken by police in a surprise raid on the family´s home in January. The HSLDA report said officers from the government´s youth welfare services and police surrounded the family´s home while the father was visiting his wife in a hospital, where she had gone with pregnancy complications....
Klaus Scharioth
Ambassador
German Embassy
4645 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC, 20007-1998
(202) 298-4000
The embassy can be e-mailed from its website: www.globescope.biz/germany/reg/index.cfm.
Howard