06/02/2026
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Holocaust Survivor Sally Dauman, z”l, who traveled with CAJE's Miami March of the Living in 2017.
As a young girl in the Łódź Ghetto, Sally risked her life to smuggle food under the fence to help her family survive. Small, blonde, and able to blend in among the Germans living in Poland, she carried unimaginable responsibility as a child. Despite her courage, her father died of starvation in the ghetto. His body was secretly smuggled out for burial, but for decades the family never knew where he had been laid to rest.
Years later, Sally’s granddaughter discovered the grave, and during our 2017 Miami March of the Living journey, Sally was finally able to visit her father’s resting place for the very first time.
When we arrived at the cemetery, Sally ran ahead of the group directly to the grave. She fell to her knees, tears streaming down her face onto the stone, and began speaking to her father in Yiddish. She told him that the words he always said at parting, “Next year in Jerusalem,” had come true. She shared that Jerusalem was once again in Jewish hands and that his children and grandchildren now lived there. She told him that the boys on our journey put on tefillin each morning, just as he once had. And then, through tears, she apologized for not being able to smuggle enough food to save him.
As our group gathered around her father’s grave, we recited Kaddish together with Sally. Today, we say Kaddish in her memory.
Sally carried unimaginable loss, yet dedicated her life to remembrance, testimony, and ensuring future generations would never forget. Through her courage and willingness to share her story, she transformed history into something deeply personal and profoundly human for every teen and adult privileged to walk beside her.
May her memory forever be a blessing.
Donations in Sally’s memory can be made using the link in our bio.
