After years of efforts to live within the German political system, the Romeike's with the help of HSLDA have won political asylum in the U.S.  The whole story is available here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012603298.html . 

America has always been a refuge for people being denied their human rights, but it is surprising the lengths to which Europe has gone to suppress parental rights.  It's as though the lessons of the Nazi era have already been forgotten - or maybe were never learned.

The totalitarianism mind-set that marked the axis powers of World War II seems to have never loosened its grip on Germany.  Ironically, the German government justifies its actions by claiming that homeschoolers constitute a "parallel society" that threatens the freedom and security of the citizenry.  Now let me see, we deny basic parental rights in order to secure freedom - sounds logical to me!

The Romeike's are definitely welcome in our parallel society - we wish them well!