Joachim Gauck received an early lesson in tyranny when his father was arrested and sent to a Siberian gulag

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Joachim Gauck received an early lesson in tyranny when his father was arrested and sent to a Siberian gulag

JOHANNES EISELE

Joachim Gauck arrives at the Bundestag on Sunday to be inaugurated as German president. Gauck, 72, a former East German human rights activist, looks back on a remarkable biography that parallels his country's tumultuous history.