📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
For the last 38 years, the International Youth Meeting is a place for young people from all over the world to discuss issues concerning the past, the present and the future. Young people will look at the history of the concentration camp at Dachau, National Socialism and present forms of exclusion, racism and discrimination. The principles of exchanging ideas, experiencing different cultural backgrounds, as well as education regarding the Holocaust are the core ideas of the International Youth Meeting. It is primarily organized by a team of volunteers. Many survivors of the Nazi regime will talk about their personal experiences of persecution, whether in the concentration/labour camps or working in the resistance. In March 1933, one of the first Nazi concentration camps was established in the town of Dachau, near Munich. The Dachau concentration camp became a model for other concentration camps and also a place of the Nazi SS. Over 200.000 people from different countries were imprisoned in Dachau between 1933 and 1945. Thousands of prisoners were executed and many died as a consequence of inhuman practices, disease, exhaustion and hunger. As a result of the initiative of some concentration camp survivors, Dachau became a memorial place. In 1983, the first youth meeting organized by young people of the region was offered.
💼 What the programme involves
To remember ( to meet ( to understand and to shape the future will be our guiding slogan in these two weeks. We will learn about the history of the concentration camp Dachau and other aspects of the National Socialism in Germany but as well as modern forms of exclusion and discrimination. We will always ask: What did we learn about this' Where do we find racism, antisemitism and discrimination today' The program consists of different seminars, workshops, discussions with eye-witnesses and Holocaust survivors, guided tours through the Memorial Site, tours in Dachau and Munich, day trips and of course leisure activities as well. There will also be time for sports, art, parties and the chance to experience the historical sites at the present time. As there will be contact with German native speakers, the workcamp is a good possibility to improve your German language skills and to challenge yourself with the Bavarian dialect ;)We will offer volunteers the opportunity to contribute directly to the programme: You can provide your own workshop or teach other volunteers dance, music or games. Feel free to contact your camp leader (even before the youth exchange).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation is provided at the Dachau Youth Guest House in rooms for four people. The participation fee includes: full board and lodging, together with the cost incurred by the program. Hostel will supply bed linen, sleeping bag is not allowed.
📍 About the location
There will be free time for fun and games, day-trips, trips to museums, entertainment, getting to know people, going to cafEs, etc. However, please notice that there is not enough free time for self-organized day trips during the International Youth Meeting.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please noteThis is not a classic Workcamp, the project is part of an international Youth Meeting with around 70 participants in total. Good knowledge of English or German and interest in the topic is required.