German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday asked for forgiveness as he visited a Greek village destroyed by Nazi troops during World War II. “I ask you, the survivors and descendants, for forgiveness for the serious crimes that Germans committed here,” Steinmeier said during his visit to Kandanos on the island of Crete, where he laid a wreath at a memorial for victims and spoke with survivors. Steinmeier is the first German head of state to visit Kandanos, which was razed on June 3, 1941, days after German troops captured the island. The operation was carried out as a reprisal agains…