William S. Heckscher
In 1932–1933, Heckscher lived in New York where he worked as Panofsky's assistant. During this time, he enrolled in the Graduate Department of Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University to study American art history. Heckscher returned to Germany to continue his studies in 1934. He and his mother were detained by the Gestapo and interrogated for ten days after being accused of having pacifist connections.
Eli Lancman
Born in Tel Aviv in 1936. Studied seven years in Japan, graduate of the Jochi University (1960–1963) and Tokyo University (1964–1966). Specialized in curatorship and Japanese art conservation at the Yamato Bunkakan Museum in Nara. Served as an art critic for two of the largest newspapers in Japan: Yomiuri and Mainichi.