Shame on Germany.
If I were the parents I'd send them to public school so I could get my kids back and then I'd take a holiday outside of Germany and never return.
It seems to me that they would qualify for refugee status if they came to the US under these circumstances.
Yep. That's what I'd do too.
If I were the parents I'd send them to public school so I could get my kids back and then I'd take a holiday outside of Germany and never return.
I'd do anything I could to help them in that action.
Emigrating is not a crime. In fact, many homeschoolers do just that - Austria is a preferred place, because of the same language, the right to settle down there and work (thanks to the EU!) and Austria has no obligation to attend a private or public school.