The impetus for the restoration was the vandalised state of the benches in the otherwise beautiful and cosy park, but also a vague awareness of who the park is actually dedicated to. And that is changing, but slowly. Join us in this new tradition that aims to contribute to the sustainable development of the park as a safe gathering place.
Originally a nameless park, although according to witnesses, after the war it was called the Partisans' Park until the 1980s, the Prague 10 Town Hall in cooperation with Memory of a Nation named in 2015 after František Suchý. Also present at the ceremony was the then 88-year-old František Suchý, a participant in the resistance for which he served 12 years in a communist prison. Mikuláš Kroupa originally proposed naming the park after him, but since it is not customary to name parks after still living personalities, it was named after his father, also František Suchý, the pre-war director of the Strašnický Crematorium. His father František and his son hid the ashes of those executed by the Nazis during the war and after the war he was also arrested by the communists, together with his wife Olga.
The visual restoration of the memory of father and son was designed by Michal Pěchouček, a local artist, with a view to minimal intervention in the architecture of the park and the existing furnishings. (Michal Pěchouček - visual artist, winner of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award for 2003, theatre writer and director (Studio Hrdinů), member of the board of the Jindřich Chalupecký Society)
Park modifications:
Benches: Repainting of spray-painted and stained benches with a simple title FRANTIŠEK SUCHÉHO PARK.
Thematic corners: Two separate plazas with benches, one dedicated to the victims of Nazism (F. Suchý the Elder) and the other to Communism (Fr. Suchý the Younger). One bench in a circle with a large plaque for basic info about the respective resistance. The medallions were created in cooperation with Mikuláš Kroupa (Memory of the Nation), who was also behind the inspiration to name the park after František Suchý.
Asphalt road: Simple, white inscription with information František Suchy, father and son. Two entrances to the park - two human destinies.
Held with the support of Municipality of Prague 10 within festival I'll meet you at Ten.
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