Gerald Hüther

Hüther is against the Schulpflicht (a German law forcing young people to go to a school) because it is „[...] das Furchtbarste, das einem überhaupt passieren kann [...]“ ("[...] the most terrible thing that can ever happen to you [...]" if you ask young people why they go to school and their only answer is „Weil ich muss“ ("Because I have to"). He thinks that children want to learn and supported the 2019 feature film CaRabA #LebenohneSchule, initiated by Bertrand Stern, which introduces unschooled, free-educated people.

Gerald Hüther (born 15 February 1951 in Emleben) is a German neurobiologist and author of popular science books and other writings.

Gerald Hüther was born on 15 February 1951 in Emleben, Thuringia, East Germany (now Germany). According to his own statement, he "[...] ließ die Schule über [sich] ergehen und hoffte, dass sie bald vorbeigehen würde [...]" ("[...] he just endured school and hoped it would pass soon [...]"). He attained his Abitur in 1969 with a grade average of 1.5 and studied biology at the Universität Leipzig. In the late 1970s, he fled from East Germany because it "[...] dort viel zu eng wurde [...]" ("[...] got too tight for him there" [...]") by faking his visa. From 1979 to 1989 he conducted research in the field of brain development at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen. In 2016, he ended his university career. He published approximately 150 original papers. Hüther is the initiator and director of the Akademie für Potenzialentfaltung (Academy for developing potential). He was also an author and member of the advisory board of the German online magazine Rubikon, but left it on May 11, 2021.