[wolf78]

Homeschooling was outlawed by the Nazis. They kept the policies.

That is nonsense. Homeschooling was illegal a hundred years before the Nazis, with the beginnings of mandatory schooling tracing back to the 18th century (Generallandschulreglement).

...doch höchstens vom fünften Jahre ihres Alters in die Schule schicken, auch damit ordentlich bis ins dreizehnte und vierzehnte Jahr kontinuieren und sie so lange zur Schule halten sollen, bis sie nicht nur das Nötigste vom Christentum gefasst haben und fertig lesen und schreiben, ... (they shall be sent to school from the age of 5 until 13 or 14, where they shall learn the basics of Christendom and how to read and write).

The only difference was that the German kingdoms and duchies all had their own laws, whereas the Nazis came up with a national law. But ironically, even that isn't the case anymore, as the responsibility for education went back to the German states in 1948.

So no, the Nazi connection is flat out wrong.

[AnalogReigns]

Thanks for your proof—that mandatory education laws in Germany (used against homeschooling) go back 100+ years before the Nazis.

Personally, I’m grateful for such truancy laws. A lot more people got an education through the years than otherwise would of, because it is considered a publicly enforceable responsibility of the parents.

It is unfortunate however, when responsible parents—who are indeed educating their children—are forced to give their children up to what amounts to state efforts of indoctrination.

From what I have read, this is going on now in Germany. There is no dictator so harsh as a petty bureaucrat either....

[fieldmarshaldj]

I don’t agree. It was a key centerpiece of education in a fascist state. The left does not want parents to have the right to educate their own children, they want it to be the exclusive province of the state. I find it appalling it has not been dismantled in Germany.