 Fischer prompted the "Primat der Innenpolitik" ("primacy of domestic politics") school, emphasizing domestic German political factors.Some prominent scholars in this school include Imanuel Geiss, Hans-Ulrich Wehler, Wolfgang Mommsen and Volker Berghahn.In a major 2011 conference entitled "the Fischer Controversy 50 Years On", a group of historians and academics debated the legacy of Fischer's work.