President Zeman has to apologise to Ferdinand Peroutka’s granddaughter over “Hitler gentleman” claim: court

President Zeman has to apologise to Ferdinand Peroutka’s granddaughter over “Hitler gentleman” claim: court A Prague City court on Thursday upheld an earlier verdict which ruled that President Miloš Zeman should apologize for comments suggesting that the renowned Czech journalist Ferdinand Peroutka wrote an article in which he described Adolf Hitler as a gentleman. The head of state has appealed the previous ruling, maintaining he read the article, though a thorough search of archives by his staff have still been unable to uncover it.

However, the judge also ruled that the president doesn’t have to apologize for his claim that Peroutka was fascinated by Nazism and said that one of his articles was openly anti-Semitic. Peroutka’s granddaughter, who brought the call for an apology, is now considering appealing this part of the verdict.

Author: Ruth Fraňková