From the University of California http://melvyl.cdlib.org 13 October 2005 :

22 Fischer, Fritz
1 Fischer, Fritz, 1881-
1 Fischer, Fritz, 1890-
2 Fischer, Fritz, 1898-
3 Fischer, Fritz, 1900-
2 Fischer, Fritz, 1906-
1 Fischer, Fritz, 1907-
30 Fischer, Fritz, 1908-
2 Fischer, Fritz, 1909-
1 Fischer, Fritz, 1910-
4 Fischer, Fritz, 1911-
1 Fischer, Fritz, 1911-
3 Fischer, Fritz, 1911-1968.
1 Fischer, Fritz, 1912-
4 Fischer, Fritz, 1914-
1 Fischer, Fritz, 1951-

Comment between 1906 and 1914 there appeared about ten (10) Fritz Fischers -- that is ten within the period of eight years. This looks like about one (no middle-name) Fritz Fischer per year — slightly more than one per year but one allows that the data might overlap.

It then took thirty seven years (37 years — between 1914 and 1951) for another Fritz Fischer to appear -- according to the University of California library catalogue http://melvyl.cdlib.org on 13 Oct 05.

However, the New York Public Library http://catnyp.nypl.org 13 Oct 05 assortment of Fritz Fischers is far more modest :

1 Fischer, Fritz. 10
2 Fischer, Fritz, 1898- 1931 1
3 Fischer, Fritz, 1900- 1952 1
4 Fischer, Fritz, 1908- 16
5 Fischer, Fritz, 1914- 2

Can somebody explain ?

WPT, 13 October 2005 (WPT).

Selected bibliographic :

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Uniform Title [ B�ndnis der Eliten. English] Title From Kaiserreich to Third Reich : elements of continuity in German history, 1871-1945 / Fritz Fischer ; translated and with an introduction by Roger Fletcher. Publisher London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1986. Description 118 p. : maps ; 23 cm. ISBN 0049430432 (alk. paper) 0049430440 (pbk. : alk. paper) Language English Note Translation of: B�ndnis der Eliten. Includes index. Note Bibliography: p. 100-112.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Griff nach der Weltmacht : die Kriegszielpolitik des kaiserlichen Deutschland 1914/18 / Fritz Fischer ; [mit einem Begleitwort des Verfassers 1977]. Publisher D�sseldorf : Droste, 1984, c1967. Description 575 p. ; 20 cm. Series Droste Taschenb�cher. Geschichte ISBN 3770009029 Language German Note "Nachdruck der Sonderausg. 1967"--T. p. verso. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Der Erste Weltkrieg und das deutsche Geschichtsbild : Beitr. zur Bew�ltigung e. histor. Tabus : Aufs�tze u. Vortr�ge aus 3 Jahrzehnten / Fritz Fischer. Publisher D�sseldorf : Droste, 1977. Description 368 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 3770004787 : Language German Note Includes bibliographical references.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title War of illusions : German policies from 1911 to 1914 / by Fritz Fischer ; with a foreword by Sir Alan Bullock ; translated from the German by Marian Jackson Publisher New York : Norton, [1975] Description xiii, 578 p. ; 24 cm ISBN 0393054802 Language English Note Translation of Krieg der Illusionen Includes index Note Bibliography: p. [552]-565

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Uniform Title [ Krieg der Illusionen. English] Title War of illusions : German policies from 1911 to 1914 / Fritz Fischer ; with a foreword by Sir Alan Bullock ; translated from the German by Marian Jackson. Publisher London : Chatto and Windus, 1975. Description xii, 578 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0701119721 : Language English Note Translation of Krieg der Illusionen. Includes index. Note Bibliography: p. [552]-565.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Uniform Title [ Weltmacht oder Niedergang. English] Title World power or decline; the controversy over Germany's aims in the First World War. Translated by Lancelot L. Farrar, Robert Kimber, and Rita Kimber. Publisher New York, Norton [1974] Description xxiii, 131 p. 21 cm. ISBN 0393054513 Language English Note Translation of Weltmacht oder Niedergang. Note Includes bibliographical references.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Griff nach der Weltmacht; die Kriegszielpolitik des kaiserlichen Deutschland 1914/18. Publisher D�sseldorf, Droste [1971] Description 902p. maps. Language German Note Includes bibliographical references.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Weltmacht oder Niedergang. Deutschland im ersten Weltkrieg. Publisher [Frankfurt a.M.] Europ�ische Verlagsanstalt [1968] Description 117 p. 22 cm. Series Hamburger Studien zur neueren Geschichte,Bd. 1 Language German Note "Anmerkungen" (bibliographical): p. 109-[118]

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Griff nach der Weltmacht; die Kriegszielpolitik des kaiserlichen Deutschland, 1914/18. Publisher D�sseldorf, Droste [1967] Description 575 p. 23 cm. Language German Note Bibliographical footnotes.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Uniform Title [ Griff nach der Weltmacht. English] Title Germany's aims in the First World War. With introd. by Hajo Holborn and James Joll. Publisher New York, W. W. Norton [1967] Description xxviii, 652 p. illus., maps, ports. 25 cm. Language English Note Translation of Griff nach der Weltmacht. Note Bibliography: p. 639-644. Bibliographical footnotes.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Germany's aims in the First World War; [translated from the German] with an introduction by James Joll. Publisher London, Chatto & Windus, 1967. Description xx, 652 p. 24 plates (incl. ports.). 23 cm. Language English Note Originally published as 'Griff nach der Weltmacht.' 3rd ed., Dusseldorf, Droste, 1964. Note Bibliography: p. 639-644.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Weltmacht oder Niedergang. Deutschland im ersten Weltkrieg. Publisher [Frankfurt a.M.] : Europäische Verlagsanstalt, [1965] Description 117, [1] p. 22 cm. Series Hamburger Studien zur neueren Geschichte,Bd. 1 Language German Note "Anmerkungen" (bibliographical): p. 109-[118]

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Griff nach der Weltmacht; die Kriegszielpolitik des kaiserlichen Deutschland 1914/18. Publisher Düsseldorf : Droste, [1964] Description 902 p. illus., fold. maps. 23 cm. Language German Note Includes bibliography.

Fischer, Fritz, 1908- Title Griff nach der Weltmacht; die Kriegszielpolitik des kaiserlichen Deutschland 1914-18. Publisher Dusseldorf, Droste, 1961. Description 896p. illus. Language German