Germany's Pursuit Of Nazi "Law"

I have already noted the fascist turn Sweden has taken, in direct violation of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in criminalizing Home Schooling, going as far as taking children away from parents who feel they have the right to choose the education of their offspring. Now, there is news that the U.S. has granted political asylum to a German family after the German government threatened to us a Nazi era law to take children away and imprison parents who wanted to home school their children.

Mr Romeike and his wife withdrew their three oldest children from school in 2006 after they encountered problems with violence, bullying and peer pressure.

However, the decision to educate their children at home brought the family into conflict with the German authorities.

The family endured harassment from the authorities, and on one occasion police officers came to the family’s home and forced the children to attend school.

The family fled to the US after Germany’s highest court ruled that in severe cases of non-compliance social services could remove home schooled children from their parents.

Describing the case, Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman said that “the rights being violated here are basic human rights that no country has a right to violate”.

The Nazis instituted the law because they felt it was a good way to achieve their goals. Today's German government feels no different.

A good rule of thumb is if you see yourself using the same methods as the Nazis to reach your goals you may want to second guess yourself.

Gleaned from First Thoughts.