future lifestyles. Furthermore, students are likely to drop out after grade 10 because of factors such as work, family responsibilities and marriage. Hence, grades 9 and 10 were our primary target in this study.

An envelope containing the permission letter, consent form, questionnaire and a pen was prepared for mothers. To determine the mother-student pairs, a code was written on the envelope that was only known to the researchers. The permission letter was sent to mothers as well as students. The permission letters were sent to 335 mothers; 258 returned the questionnaire and 270 returned the permission letter along with the questionnaire. Mothers who could read and write completed the questionnaires alone. Mothers who could not read and write were requested to have the questionnaire completed by their husbandsHitler's Role in the Persuection of the Jews by the
Nazi Regime: Electronic Version,
by Heinz Peter Longerich

5. HITLER AND THE ANTISEMITIC LEGISLATION OF 1936-1937

5.1For the following years, it can be documented that Hitler personally directed anti-Jewish policy and regularly intervened in anti-Jewish legislation. The measures in question were mainly concerned with excluding the Jewish minority from the economy.

5.2In the summer of 1936, Hitler charged Göring with preparations for the Four-Year-Plan (Vierjahresplan), by which the German economy was to be adapted for war. The memorandum which Hitler transmitted to Göring on this subject makes clear that preparation for war and further radicalisation of anti-Jewish policy were closely associated in Hitler's thinking. Hitler's position in this matter was that a war against a supposed Bolshevik-Jewish menace was unavoidable:

Since the outbreak of