H. G. Koenigsberger (1918-2014) was a professor of history at King's College London and the author of numerous books. George L. Mosse (1918-99) was a legendary scholar, teacher, and mentor. A refugee from Nazi Germany, in 1955 he joined the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was both influential and popular. Mosse was an early leader in the study of modern European cultural and intellectual history, the study of fascism, and the history of sexuality and masculinity. Over his career, he authored more than two dozen books.

G. Q. Bowler is a senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and completed his doctoral thesis with H. G. Koenigsberger. Magda Teter, a professor of history and the Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies at Fordham University, is the author of several books, most recently Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism and Blood Libels, Hostile Archives: Reclaiming Interrupted Jewish Lives .