Dachau Youth Hostel Foundation

The Dachau Youth Hostel Foundation was established in 1991 by the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Culture, the town of Dachau and the district of Dachau.
The aim of the foundation was to build a house in Dachau that would provide suitable accommodation and educational programs for young people who wanted to learn about the history of the historical site of the concentration camp in Dachau.
In addition to representatives of the three foundations, a member of the Bavarian Ministry of Finance is also a member of the foundation’s board of directors. The Bavarian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs is responsible for the management. Since its inception, the work of the foundation has been supported by an advisory board, which includes representatives of Dachau town council, Dachau district council, the Comité International de Dachau, the regional association of Jewish communities in Bavaria, the Protestant and Catholic churches, the German Trade Union Confederation, the Bavarian regional association of the German Youth Hostel Association and the Bavarian Youth Ring.

In 1998, the building was opened as the Dachau Youth Hostel. Since then, the business side has been run by the Bavarian Association of the German Youth Hostel Association, while the educational side has been run by the foundation itself.
In 2010, the educational department was renamed the Max Mannheimer Study Center. In 2013, responsibility was transferred from the Free State of Bavaria to the Bavarian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Integration. In 2014, the Bayerischer Jugendring was commissioned to manage the foundation.
In 2016, the foundation board decided to rename the entire house the Max Mannheimer House – Study Center and International Youth Guest House, and in 2017 the Dachau Youth Guest House Foundation was renamed the Max Mannheimer House Foundation.