Authorities Ask German Homeschooling Family to Give Up Custody of 5 Children

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By Gudrun Schultz

Germany, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The parents of a 15-year-old school girl taken from her home by authorities in a battle over home schooling have been asked to give up custody of their other five children, as part of a resolution to the situation offered by German officials.

The latest development in the ongoing battle between the Busekros family and the German authorities was reported by the Home Schooling Legal Defense Fund, a U.S.-based organization that has been tracking an accelerating crackdown against home schooling families in Germany.

HEFT Editor's comment:
This is reminiscent of the early days of homeschooling in the U.S.A. When our family began homeschooling, children
were being taken from families regularly - usually it was short-lived - but still frightening. It caused a wave of protest
from the community and enabled homeschoolers to join together to form the organizations they now have in the U.S.

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