On August 3, 1945, the Prague Regional National Committee seized the church from the German Evangelical Church and gave it to the Czech 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 between the two Czech churches, the Czech Brethren began using a different building in the early 1950s, leaving the church to the Hussites. The church remained state property, and on A.. Read more »pril 16, 1958, it was formally entrusted to the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, which used it occasionally until the mid-1970s. Due to poor maintenance, the church's four small towers had to be demolished in the late 1950s. In 1974, the roof was repaired, and the church was intended for "cultural and educational" purposes. The Hussite Church returned the church to the Nové Bor Municipal National Committee in 1976, which used it as a storage facility. A reconstruction project was planned for 1982-1988. On February 20, 1982, three boys started a fire inside the church. The fire spread quickly and destroyed the church, leaving only the outer walls standing.
