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By Heather Clark<\/strong>
\n Christian News Network<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"WunderlichDARMSTADT, Germany \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Over a year after German police raided their home and seized their children, the parents of four homeschoolers have regained legal custody of their children, but remain concerned about the criminal ramifications surrounding the right to homeschool.<\/p>\n

As previously reported<\/a>, approximately 20 social workers, police officers and special agents swarmed the home of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich last August and forcefully removed all their children. A family court judge had signed an order that day authorizing officials to immediately seize the Wunderlich\u2019s children for failing to cooperate \u201cwith the authorities to send the children to [public] school.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked through a window and saw many people, police, and special agents, all armed,\u201d Dirk outlined. \u201cThey told me they wanted to come in to speak with me. I tried to ask questions, but within seconds, three police officers brought a battering ram and were about to break the door in, so I opened it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In September,\u00a0following a court hearing about the matter, the Wunderlich children were returned to their parents after Dirk and Petra agreed to send them to a state school. However, even after the children began attending school, they were still considered to be in the custody of the government. Click here <\/a>to continue reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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