Office of President appeals order to apologise over Zeman’s Peroutka Nazi claim

The Office of the President has appealed against a court ruling under which it was ordered to apologise to the descendants of Czech journalist Ferdinand Peroutka, Czech Television reported on Tuesday. The court in February found in favour of Peroutka’s granddaughter, who had contested President Miloš Zeman’s assertion that the journalist had succumbed to the Nazi ideology before the war and written a piece entitled Hitler is a Gentlemen. A court spokesperson said the Office of the President had filed the appeal on Monday.