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....
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.
For these reasons, homeschooling is very unpopular in Germany--even among conservative evangelical types (which there are a few....something under 4%, but, they do exist).
One also has to point out that mandatory schooling in Germany does not mean mandatory state schooling. Religious private schools are not only legal, they are one of the first constitutional rights (Article 7 Basic Law).
The reason why homeschooling is unpopular even among German evangelicals is because they simply establish their own "Zwergschulen" ("dwarf schools"), because all you need to do is provide a school setting and not provide an education significantly worse than the state school system. That's not that hard.
Source:
Basic Law (in lieu of a constitution) for the Federal Republic of Germany