 August
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German Youth Authorities Allow Gorber Children Home ‘Temporarily’
In a surprise decision earlier this week, the Youth Welfare Authorities in Germany, the “Jugendamt,” have allowed the remaining five Gorber children to return home until the beginning of September.
Suedkurier.de: 50 People attend Court Hearing to Support Gorber Family
Supporters expressed solidarity with the Gorbers, a homeschooling family who had six children removed from their home in January by state officials. (German language article.)
German Court Keeps Five Kids Because Parents are Homeschoolers
A homeschooling family in Southern Germany spent six hours in a grueling Family Court session this week with the hopes of regaining custody of their six homeschooled children, who have been held in state custody since January.
July
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Dudek Family Receives Formal Sentence
German homeschool families continue to be persecuted and receive harsh treatment from government agencies in the Federal Republic of Germany while the European Union’s Petitions Committee has promised to look into accusations against Germany for repressing homeschooling.
European Commission to Open Dialogue with Germany on Homeschooling Law
On July 17, the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament heard the first complaint ever against Germany regarding its treatment of homeschoolers.
June
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Criminalizing Homeschooling
June 19, 2008: Homeschooling is a criminal offense, comparable to a trucker who repeatedly gets behind the wheel drunk. At least this is the opinion of Chief Judge Becker, who has sentenced the Dudek family to three months imprisonment without parole.
HSLDA Condemns German Court for Jailing Homeschool Parents
On Wednesday, June 18, a district court in the German state of Hesse sentenced Jurgen and Rosemary Dudek each to three months in prison simply because they homeschool their seven children.
WorldNetDaily: Parents Sent to Jail for Homeschooling
June 18, 2008: A mother and father who have been homeschooling their children each have been ordered by a German judge to serve three-month prison terms after a prosecutor said he was unhappy with fines the family paid and he wanted the parents jailed.
German Family Faces Trial, Possible Jail Time for Homeschooling
The Dudek family in Archfeld, Germany will be tried on June 18 for homeschooling their children. The Dudeks have quietly and successfully educated their children at home in obedience to God but in the face of Germany’s restrictive laws regarding homeschooling.
Washington Times Op-ed—More Problems for Homeschoolers in Germany
We brought attention to the difficult climate for homeschooling in Germany in this column in March 2007. We shared the trials and tribulations of the Busekros family, whose 15-year-old daughter was forcibly removed from their home because she was being homeschooled.
May
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WorldNetDaily.com: Parents Losing Custody for Homeschooling Kids
A German couple already being threatened with jail time because they have been homeschooling their children say their nation has taken a turn for the worse, with a new federal law that gives family courts the authority to take custody of children "as soon as there is a suspicion of child abuse," which is how that nation's courts have defined homeschooling.
March
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WorldNetDaily.com: Girl Sent to Psych Ward for Homeschooling, Parents Billed
The parents of the German teen who was taken by police from her home and placed in a psychiatric ward because she was homeschooled, now are being billed by the government for the cost of her forced stay.
January
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Help Germans Ask Their Chancellor: ‘Why isn’t Homeschooling Allowed?’
German homeschoolers are requesting supporters worldwide visit President Angela Merkel's interactive website and ask her to explain why homeschooling is banned in Germany.
Persecuted Homeschool Family to Leave Germany
The Neubronners, a German homeschooling family in Bremen, Germany, have been fighting for several years to homeschool their children.
WorldNetDaily.com: Parents Race to Escape Before Court Takes Kids
A homeschooling family is trying to arrange an escape from Germany before authorities can complete a court action that would give the state custody of their five children.
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