He expressed gratitude to Germany for its assistance during the invasion of Russia.
Many MPs, however, found his criticisms of German energy policy and economic interests for contributing to the wall of division unsettling.
Mr Zelensky has delivered a master class in pitching his message to allies during the last week.
He spoke before the US Congress on Wednesday, mentioning Pearl Harbor and the terrorist acts on September 11, 2001. On Tuesday, he requested that bombs and missiles be dropped on Toronto, Vancouver, and Edmonton by the Canadian parliament.
Last week, he paid homage to Winston Churchill's wartime remarks in his speech to the House of Commons in London.His emotional speech to the Bundestag in Germany was similarly tailored to appeal to his audience through well-chosen historical comparisons. Behind the Berlin Wall, some of his listeners grew up in communist East Germany.
During the Cold War, Germany's persistent negotiations and engagement with Moscow helped to bring down the Berlin Wall and reunite Germany.
Since that time, Germany has attempted to integrate a peaceful Russia into the West through trade, business, and energy linkages.
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin's three-week invasion of Ukraine has dashed many of these hopes. With Mr Putin's increasingly autocratic and kleptocratic leadership, the general political majority in Germany today believes that this was the incorrect strategy.
President Zelensky was outraged by the fact that some Germans were involved in the incident.
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