Granddaughter of late journalist Peroutka to sue state over Zeman’s “Hitler” comments

The granddaughter of legendary journalist Ferdinand Peroutka is planning to sue the Czech state over comments made about him by President Miloš Zeman, the news website Lidovky.cz reported on Thursday. Mr. Zeman has described Peroutka as an admirer of Hitler and insists the journalist wrote an article entitled Hitler is a gentleman, which, however, he has been unable to produce. Peroutka’s granddaughter Terezie Kaslová said the president had slandered somebody who could not defend himself and that she would demand an official apology.

Author: Ian Willoughby