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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.

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IYM Dachau 2026

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

We are looking forward to meeting you!

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Public events 2026

We invite you all 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
  • Barbecue and 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. Registration starts June 8th. These are our topics:

 

Two-day workshops on July 29th and 30th

  • Through my eyes – conflict and remembrance
  • Violence and survival during the holocaust – psychological explanations

 

Workshops on July 29th

  • Artists under totalitarian regimes 
  • Forgotten stories of forced labor in Nazi Germany 
  • Persecution of queer people in Nazi Germany 

 

 Workshops on July 30th

  • How do we remember – different perspectives on the past 
  • Righteous Among the Nations – individual solidarity 
  • The holocaust in Eastern Europe 

 

Workshops on August 5th

  • Antifeminism
  • Fighting for justice – young activism
  • Righteous Among the Nations – collective solidarity
  • Stumbling stones – remembrance on our everyday paths
  • Warsaw Ghetto uprising

Retrospect

IYM Dachau 2025

The 43rd International Youth Meeting Dachau took place from July 26th until August 8th, 2025, in the Max Mannheimer Haus Dachau.

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