At the close of World War II, nearly all of Eastern Europe came under indirect Soviet rule.

German parliament chose former East German human rights activist Joachim Gauck as the country’s new president.

The speaker of parliament Norbert Lambert said 72-year-old Gauck won 991 of 1232 votes cast in a special session of the national and regional parliamentarians, on Sunday.

A brief summary on Germany.

Aftermath And Terms Of Peace.

Germany In The Late Twentieth Century.

Part One.

The Vatican dismissed the rumors of an Italian newspaper that said that Benedict XVI would leave office next year to meet 85 years. The Pope on Sunday ended his tour of Germany, his native country.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated a museum about the history ofthe Cold War Germany in a location that was formerly a crossing in the area of ​​West Berlin.

Many memories flooded in celebration of 50 years of construction of the Berlin Wall. Large wall separating West Germany and East Germany, at the time, is testament to the work of the communist group the border on 13 August 1961.

The communist East closed its border, dividing the city for 28 years.