Ohio State marching band song Goodbye Kramer made fun of Holocaust victims

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Lyrics were said to be in a 2012 version of the unofficial band songbook
Tune was called 'Goodbye Kramer' and made fun of Holocaust victims
Was written so it could be sung to Journey's Don't Stop Believein
Other versions of the songbook had circulated since 2006
Director Jonathan Waters was fired last year in the midst of a scandal
University officials accused him of ignoring a 'sexualized culture'

By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 08:55 EST, 31 July 2015 | Updated: 10:34 EST, 31 July 2015

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Ohio State University's celebrated marching band had a shocking unofficial song that made fun of Holocaust victims, it has been revealed.

The parody tune written by members of the controversy-riddled band included references to furnaces used in Nazi concentration camps and the train cars used to transport Jews to their deaths.

The Holocaust song, called 'Goodbye Kramer,' also had lines about soldiers from the Third Reich 'searching for people livin' in their neighbor's attic,' and a 'small town Jew…who took the cattle train to you know where.'

The parody tune was written so it could be sung to Journey's hit 'Don't Stop Believin'.

Anti-semitic: Ohio State's marching band had a book of shocking songs, including one that made fun of Holocaust victims. They are pictured in 2010 playing before an NFL game between the Bengals and Browns

The lyrics were contained in a 2012 version of an unofficial band songbook, according to an article by The Wall Street Journal.

Other versions of the songbook had circulated privately among band members over the years, including 2006 and 2010 versions.

An independent investigation of the marching band revealed the existence of the song last year but not the lyrics.

'The 2012 version contained a new, highly offensive song regarding Jews and the Holocaust,' according to the 2014 report by former state Attorney General Betty Montgomery.

'Band members indicated that most songs in the Songbook were never actually sung, except for perhaps the 'altered' fight songs of rival schools,' Montgomery's report said.

The university on Thursday described the lyrics as 'shocking behavior.'

Ohio State fired marching band director Jonathan Waters last year after determining he ignored a 'sexualized culture' within the band, known to fans as The Best Damn Band in the Land.

An internal university investigation found that Waters turned a blind eye to the band's culture of raunchy, profane and suggestive traditions and mishandled sexual discrimination allegations.

Controversy: Ohio State fired marching band director Jonathan Waters (pictured) last year after determining he ignored a 'sexualized culture' within the band, known to fans as The Best Damn Band in the Land

Waters said he banned the songbook when he became director but it went underground among some band members.

'I never saw the 2012 version which included the Holocaust song. I think the whole idea is repulsive,' he said in a statement Thursday.

Waters' firing came as a surprise to many. At the time, Waters' halftime shows were considered revolutionary. The morphing and dancing scenes designed on iPads garnered hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube and landed them an Apple commercial.

Waters has filed a $1 million defamation lawsuit in a state court, alleging the university damaged his reputation so much he can't find work despite previously being among the most respected directors in the field. He's separately pursuing a federal civil rights claim of gender discrimination.