Albert Stankowski

Albert Stankowski (born 22 October 1971) is a Polish historian and a member of the Jewish Historical Institute Association in Poland (2011-2015).

He is a former Head of the Digital Collection Department of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.,[1] adviser for contacts with the Jewish community, and originator and creator of Virtual Shtetl.

Stankowski continued his education and completed his doctoral studies at the History Department in University of Warsaw from 1997–2001.

From 2003 to 2007, Stankowski coordinated the ‘Memory Programme’ (Program Pamięć) of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Warsaw.

Stankowski is also the originator of the ‘Virtual Shtetl’ international multimedia project, run by the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which he coordinated from 2007 to 2011.