Background
Albert Stankowski was born in Szczecin to Dariusz Stankowski, a prisoner of Stalin’s camps from 1941 to 1956, and to Krystyna née Kot.
Albert Stankowski was born in Szczecin to Dariusz Stankowski, a prisoner of Stalin’s camps from 1941 to 1956, and to Krystyna née Kot.
In 1989, Stankowski finished Mikołaj Kopernik Comprehensive Middle School in Kołobrzeg and afterwards, from 1990 to 1995, studied history at the University of Szczecin, where he also studied political science from 1995 to 1998. Stankowski continued his education and completed his doctoral studies in 1997–2001, after which he did postgraduate studies in management at Warsaw School of Economics.
In 2001, Stankowski lectured on contemporary history and Polish-Jewish relations at the University of Warsaw. In 2000, he coordinated and sat on the mayoral committee for the construction of collections of stone monuments in Kołobrzeg as part of the ‘The Days of Tolerance’ international programme. From 2003 to 2007, Stankowski coordinated the ‘Memory Programme’ (Program Pamięć) of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Warsaw (FODŻ).
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.
Albert Stankowski has headed the Digital Collection Department of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews since 2012.
Since 2011 he has been a member of the Jewish Historical Institute Association.