Germany's center-right candidate to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor in the upcoming elections, Armin Laschet, second right, and the Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, left, as they attend observances marking the 77th anniversary of the ill-fated 1944 Warsaw Rising against the occupying Nazi Germans, in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, July 31, 2021. Laschet said in an interview he feels "deep shame and humility" over Nazi Germany's "crimes" against the Poles during World War II.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)