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 it was actually named after. 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.
The originally nameless park in Prague's Strašnice, although according to memorials it was called the Partisans' Park after the war until the 1980s, got its name in 2015. Thanks to Memoirs of a Nation and the office of the Municipality of Prague 10, the name commemorates the memory of the director of the Strašnice Crematorium, Mr František Suchý. The sign in the park was also attended by the then 88-year-old František Suchý Jr., son of Olga and František, a participant in the Resistance, for which he served 12 years in a communist prison. The fates of the two Františeks are intertwined against the background of the resistance against the Nazi and Communist regimes.
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)
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