A Wall Street Journal investigation uncovered book of parody songs, updated in 2012 and circulated privately by members of the Ohio State University marching band, that included a song about the Holocaust with joking references to furnaces used in Nazi concentration camps.
The song, called “Goodbye Kramer,” includes lines about Nazi soldiers “searching for people livin’ in their neighbor’s attic,” and a “small town Jew…who took the cattle train to you know where.” It was written to be sung to the tune of Journey's “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
The school released a statement that said the songbook was a reflection of the kind of “shocking behavior” that Ohio State is “committed to eradicating from its marching band program.