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Anniversary of the birth of Fr. Suchý V.

18 June 2023

15-22 h

Nad Olšinami 282/31
Prague 10 - Strašnice

Two stories of the struggle against totalitarianism

On Sunday, symbolically on Father's Day, we invite you to celebrate the birth of František Suchý Sr. (*21 June 1899). The traditional neighbourhood event in František Suchý Park will once again commemorate the fight against totalitarianism in the 20th century and celebrate the bravery of all those who still face totalitarianism today. This year, it will also recall the hope and call to care for the place where we live and the responsible lifestyle needed to slow the spread of drought and desertification, following the 17th of June - the International Day against Desertification and Drought, established by the United Nations in 1994.

Want to get involved? Contact us by email bubahof@bubahof.com, or visit us in Olg spaceand during opening hours on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Programme in František Suchý Park and Olga area - start at 3 pm

3pm-4pm - Japanese calligraphy - writing about water water water with Petra Vitásková.

3-5 pm - We send our warm greetings from Strasnice - make a postcard ~ a collage of old and new, forgotten and remembered, promises of the future, well wishes. Creative workshop for children and adults with Lenka Výmolová and Petra Štíchová.

4-5 pm - Literary reading - will feature one poet and two poets who accentuate environmental themes in their work, such as climate change, the decline of animal species and biodiversity, droughts or our relationship to nature, but also to ourselves, or who systematically follow and are interested in this issue. We are glad that Magdalena Šipka, Nikolaj Ivaskiv and Adam Borzič accepted our invitation. The authors will be introduced by Josef Straka from The Reading House of the Municipal Library in Prague.
Magdalena Šipka (*1990), a poet and theologian, debuted with her collection Město Hráze (Malvern, 2019).
Nikolai Ivaskiv (*1992), poet and musician, has so far published only
magazine-style. Next year she plans to publish her debut collection.
Adam Borzič (*1978), poet, psychotherapist and editor-in-chief of Tvar. He has published eight collections of poetry, the most recent of which, Legends, was published by Viriditas in 2022.

5 pm - Opening of the exhibition THE DIVORCED BONE Anna Ročňová and Jan Boháč as part of the PARENT series in the Olga gallery space. Click for more info on the event.

6:30 pm - MIMI - Czech premiere of the film awarded at the Berlinale#73 with the participation of director Mira Fornay.
MIMI is the story of a little girl Romy, who sets out to find her lost cherub in the suburban forest, but finds much more - an old forest, a river and new friends. Mimi by Mira Fornay won the top prize at this year's Berlinale in the Generation Kplus category, which is for children aged 7 and up.

LilaTesla a music project with a love for sound and noise~ ambient lovesongs with distortion ~ essentially lawful bastl noisem. More about LilaTesla.

Projection video interview with František Suchy Jr. (Memory of the Nation) and audio recordings interview with František Suchy Jr. (Vlastimil Venclík) in the Olga space.

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The story of the family of František Suchý, his wife Olga and son František

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.

Both fates intertwine against the background of the resistance against the Nazi and Communist regimes. The one-day cultural event in František Suchý Park aims to celebrate the birth of the important native, after whom the park is named. We would like to remind the local people of the tradition of the fight against totalitarianism and on that occasion also partially repair and revitalize the place. We believe that the fate of the landscape architect and director of the crematorium, František Suchý, and his son is not yet sufficiently known. We would like the park to become, and remain, a worthy memorial to the victims whose ashes, with the sacrifice of their own lives, they both saved for the survivors.

Implemented with the support of the Authority Municipality of Prague 10. In cooperation with The House of Reading.

Photo: Radek Radúz Dětinský

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