In the wake of the conclusion of the selection procedure for the post of Director of the MHE was elected Dr. Raphael Żytyniec, who will be acting as this position for 5 years.

Mr. Żytyniec has complied with all the formal requirements for training and work experience. From 5 September 2018. He served as a Director of MHE (therefore taking up his new position in the Castle Museum in Malbork by previous boss ełckie Museum-Mr. Kazimierz Bogusz).

Dr. Raphael Żytyniec born. in 1976, Dr., cultural scientist, he graduated from the Faculty of Sciences of Culture of the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and the Faculty of Linguistics and cultural studies Used the University of Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz based in Germersheim.

Between 2005-2006 Assistant Professor and Secretary of the Scientific Institute of the West in Poznan, 2006-2011 researcher at the Centre for historical research in Berlin, from 2012 onwards, Assistant Professor of the Department of Historical historical Museum in Elk.

Research interests: history of literature and culture of East Prussia with a focus on the area of Warmia and Mazury, history and the present Polish-German cultural relations, comparative aspects of German and Polish culture of remembrance, the second world war in the collective memory of Poles and Germans.