International Youth Meeting Dachau

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SHAPE THE FUTURE

The International Youth Meeting Dachau (IYM) was founded in 1983 as Internationale Jugendbegegnung Dachau (IJB Dachau). Since then, every year young people from all over the world get together. They search for answers concerning questions of the past, the present and the future. As a participant you'll be able to meet eyewitnesses or their descendants, visit historical places and engage in workshops about historic and current forms of nationalism, exclusion and discrimination of minorities. But partying, games and sightseeing will also be on your schedule.

until start of the next international youth meeting

IYM Dachau 2026

July 25th – August 7th @Max-Mannheimer-Haus Dachau

Our application for IYM Dachau 2026 is open now. Make sure to apply soon, because our places are limited!

We are looking forward to meeting you!

PARTICIPATE

Public events 2026

We invite you to this year’s public events of IYM Dachau. All events are held in English. Registration is not required.

30.07.2026, 19:30, Movie Screening of ‚The White Raven’ and discussion with director Carolin Otto

01.08.2026, 16:30 – ca. 22:00, IYM Dachau – Festival

Stage program by international participants, local band AnoonE and saxophone group of Knabenkapelle Dachau
Local and international IYM Dachau partner organizations
International buffett
Creative offers

02.08.2026, 14:00 – 16:00, Eyewitnesscafé

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Workshops 2026

You are between 16 and 26 years old and interested in being a part of IYM Dachau, but you can’t join for two weeks? Come to our workshops as guest participant. – AtcigRegistration starts June 1st. These are our topics:

Activism and Solidarity (05.08.2026)
Antifeminism (05.08.2026)
Artists under totalitarian regimes (29.07.2026)
Conflict and remembrance – through my eyes (29./30.07.2026)
Developments of cultures of remembrance (30.07.2026)
Forced Labor (29.07.2026)
Persecution of queer people during National Socialism (29.07.2026)
Righteous among the nations – collective solidarity (05.08.2026)
Righteous among the nations – individual solidarity (30.07.2026)
Stumbling stones – remembrance on our everyday paths (05.08.2026)
The holocaust in eastern Europe (30.07.2026)
The Warsaw Ghetto uprising – Resistance and activism (05.08.2026)
Violence and survival during the holocaust – psychological explanations (29./30.07.2026)