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The parents, Eduard and Elisabeth Elscheidt, and their three children are active in the Christian Baptist Church. The Elscheidts were concerned about allowing their 11-year-old daughter Franziska to attend four school days of "sexual education" and a mandatory, interactive stage play titled, "Mein Körper gehört mir" ("My Body Is Mine") in February 2007. They regarded the play and lessons as morally harmful. 
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Homeschooling is so important to Uwe Romeike that the classically trained pianist sold his beloved grand pianos to pay for moving his wife and five children from Germany to the Smoky Mountain foothills of Tennessee. When the Romeikes wouldn't comply with repeated orders to send the children to school, police came to their home one October morning in 2006 and took the children, crying and upset, to school. "We tried not to open the door, but they (police) kept ringing the doorbell for 15 or 20 minutes," Romeike said. "They called us by phone and spoke on the answering machine and said they would knock open the door if we didn't open it. So I opened it."  |
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What you can do to support home schooling parents in Germany: 1) Phone the German embassy and talk to Mr. Andreas Haack, the head of cultural affairs, at +27 (012) 427 8906 2) Send a fax to the German embassy. Mark it for the attention of Mr. Andreas Haack, the head of cultural affairs, and send it to +27 (012) 343 3606 3) Send an email to the German embassy. Mark it for the attention of Mr. Andreas Haack, the head of cultural affairs, and email it to
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4) Click here to ask the German President why homeschooling is not allowed in Germany 5) Click here to sign the the online petition for the German Embassy 6) If you are on Facebook, join the cause "Stop persecution of Home Schoolers by German Government ". It can be found under causes for Education. |
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