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125. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF FRANTIŠEK SUCHÝ

19 - 21 June 2024

Nad Olšinami 282/31
Prague 10 - Strašnice

We cordially invite you to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of František Suchý. For the sixth time, the event will commemorate the fate of the garden architect and director of the Strašnice crematorium and his family, the fight against totalitarianism, and the courage of all those who faced or still face violence. The storytelling will be accompanied by a call to play together and to care for the landscape, the place where we live, connecting it with culture and art.

The three-day event takes place in František Suchý Park with facilities in the adjacent Olga's space. The celebrations will begin with a guided tour of the nearby Strašnice Crematorium.

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 19 JUNE

Guided tour of the Strašnice Krematorium ● 17:30-18:30

A unique tour of the Strašnice Crematorium and the adjacent cemetery with expert interpretation. The deputy head of the crematorium Dušan Anděl and former director Julius Mlčoch will lead the tour. The tour will focus, among other things, on events connected with the work of František Suchý and his family. The walk will end in the nearby František Suchý Park.

Registration required. Sign in here. Or you can stop by the Olga area on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 3pm and 7pm and sign up in person. You can also contact Iva Nuskova iva@bubahof.com, 737 703 306. Start at 17:30 here.

Discussion with Jarmila Kročková ● 7-8 pm

A chat with a memoirist whose story describes Memory of a Nation. In František Suchý Park.

Fireshow ● 9 - 9:30 pm

Depicting the life of an ordinary person living in the times of totalitarianism through a dramatic performance with elements of dance and fire. Performed by Eliska and Nimul.

Bar and facilities in the Olga area.

Thursday 20 JUNE

Artistic intervention in František Suchý Park ● 5-7 pm

Transfer collective will prepare a guide to the collective view. These will be participatory situations, one drawing-based and the other imagination-based, in which we will try to encounter a collective consciousness of place together with visitors through a shared experience of the here and now.

Discussion on Authenticity as a mirage and performative act ● 7-9 pm

Despite popular belief, we are rarely rewarded for being ourselves. In fact, civilization is largely the result of our ability to self-censor and suppress our spontaneous urges and natural impulses. With René Levínský (ÚISK, Faculty of Arts, Charles University) and Matěj Cibík (Centre for Ethics, Faculty of Arts, University of Pardubice). In the Olga space.

Friday 21 JUNE

Park maintenance and visual restoration ● 3-7 pm

Creative workshop and games in the park. Visual restoration of the signs on the access roads and their connection to the Olga space as a backdrop for neighbourhood festivals in the park. Restoration of prints on the stories of the František Suchy family on the benches in the parts of the park dedicated to the anti-Nazi (Fr. Suchý Sr.) and anti-communist resistance (Fr. Suchý Jr.). Installation of a banner with information about historical events connected with the Suchy family and their work in the Krematorium Strašnice.

Bar and facilities in the Olga area.

Want to get involved? Contact us by email lucie@bubahof.com, or visit us in Olga's space during opening hours on Wednesdays or Thursdays from 3pm to 7pm.

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Two stories of the struggle against totalitarianism

František Suchý Sr. * 21 June 1899 † 23 January 1982

From 1932 he was director of the Strašnický Crematorium. When the victims of political murders from Pankrác and Kobylis began to be burned in the crematorium during the Protectorate, František Suchý, together with his son, wrote down the names of the victims and kept their ashes. In this way, they saved the remains of 2,200 victims of Nazism who would otherwise have ended up in the compost heap. For this courage, he received the TGM Order in 2011.

František Suchý the Younger * 17 April 1927 † 7 June 2018

František was only 16 years old when he helped his father write down the names of people who had been executed by the Nazis a few hours earlier. When after the war the bodies of those executed began to be brought back, he decided to join the resistance. His father was again hiding the ashes of victims of a totalitarian regime, this time a communist one. Relatives were informed of the cremation, but were not allowed to see the body or be present at the ceremony. Young František was also holding the urn of Milada Horáková.

Mr and Mrs Suchý were briefly arrested in 1949 for helping another family flee across the border, and in 1952 František Suchý Jr. was also arrested. The parents were sentenced to 4 and 4.5 years and the son František was sentenced to 25 years in Mírov. He was released in the autumn of 1964 after serving half of his sentence. In 2017 he received Memory of the Nation Award.

The activities of the association are carried out with the financial support of the office Municipality of Prague 10, hl. m. Prague a Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. Thank you.

We would also like to thank our partners and supporters incl. Memory of a Nation, kudyznudy.cz, Municipal Library in Prague - House of Reading, StarWork, Cemeteries and funeral services Prague.

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