International Youth Meeting Centre in Oświęcim/Auschwitz

The foundation for the International Youth Meeting Centre in Oświęcim was established on the 14th of June 1994.

The founders are: Action Reconciliation Service for Peace based in Berlin, Germany Municipality Oświęcim.

The foundation is active in Poland and beyond its borders. The foundation is based in Oświęcim. The foundation has a legal personality and was brought into being for an indefinite period.

The foundation is supervised by the polish Ministry of Education. Aim of the foundation: Taking over a role in the education of adolescents and adults from all over the world – especially for Polish and German adolescents – within the work of the IYMC in Oświęcim and on the basis of the history of the KL Auschwitz. (Taken from “About the Foundation” of MDSM website).

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