On August 3, 1945, the Prague Regional National Committee seized the church from the German Evangelical Church and gave it to the Czechoslovak Brethren Evangelical Church, with the understanding that the Czechoslovak Hussite Church could also use it. The first Czech service was held on October 14, 1945. After disputes, the Brethren began using a different prayer house in the early 1950s, leaving the church to the Hussites. The state officially owned the building and transferred its administrat.. Read more »ion to the Hussite Church on April 16, 1958. Due to poor maintenance, the church's four small towers were demolished in the late 1950s. The roof was repaired in 1974, and the building was intended for cultural purposes. The Hussite Church returned administration to the Nové Bor Municipal National Committee in 1976, which used it for storage. A reconstruction project was planned for 1982-1988. On February 20, 1982, three boys started a fire inside the church. The fire spread to stored materials and destroyed the building, leaving only the outer walls.
