The Holocaust must be remembered On Jan. 27, 1945, the Russian army entered Auschwitz. During its abominable existence, an estimated 1.3 million people were sent to Auschwitz; 1.1 million perished there. The death toll includes 960,000 Jews — 865,000 were gassed on arrival — 74,000 Poles, 21,000 Roma, 15,000 Russian prisoners of war, and 15,000 other Europeans. That infamous camp has become the primary symbol of the Holocaust. To that extent, on Jan. 27, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Victims of the Holocaust were depr…