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Sadly, home-schooling continues to be illegal in Germany, a law which was first instituted in the 1930s as the government wanted more control over education.

The police will literally show up at your door and escort your kids to school if you attempt to home-school.

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In elementary school in Texas I was home schooled and there were a number of times that Police/Truant Officers showed up to try to take us to school.

The legality of Home Schooling was very much up in the air in the early days. No one ever succeeded in making it into the house since my Mom was very educated about her rights and the rights of her kids and was totally capable of standing up to anyone who came without a warrant.

As a child of 6-10 years of age I thought it was incredibly exciting. Our family was rebelling against the Man!

this was a fairly common experience to those of us who were homeschooling some 30+ years ago (wow, has it been that long?).

i know lots of friends with similar experiences, having prepared statements to tell adults who wanted to know why we were out during normal school hours, having to wait until after 3pm to go outside to play just to avoid the scrutiny.

With this current infamous case as an example: https://www.google.com/search?q=german+homeschooling+family+...

Gleichschaltung is still a thing, even if it's relaxed and focused on a different ethos.