In 1960, Elvis Presley is the most famous pop star in the world. In one of his films, he sings a German folk song that goes on to sell over a million copies. But perhaps with good reason since the ...

Susan Jurgelski Jul 24, 2006 Jul 24, 2006 Updated Sep 11, 2013 At long last, he and his fellow keepers of German culture in the Lancaster Liederkranz folk-dance group Alpenrose Schuhplattler ...

Lewis dredges up some peculiar aspects of German folk culture. Specifically it's the aspect relating to an obsession with human feces, or "dirt," as it's commonly referred to among Germans.