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 German Evangelical Church was formally dissolved retroactively to May 4, 1945, by a law of May 6, 1948, and its property transferred to the Czechoslovak state. The first Czech service was held on October 14, 1945. After disputes, the Brethren C.. Read more »hurch began using a different building in the early 1950s, and the Hussite Church used the church. The state (represented by the Local National Committee in Nový Bor) retained ownership and transferred administration to the Hussite Church on April 16, 1958. They used it occasionally until the mid-1970s. Due to poor maintenance, the four small towers on the main tower's corners were demolished in the late 1950s. The roof was repaired in 1974, and the church was slated for "cultural and educational" purposes, possibly an exhibition or concert hall. In 1976, the Hussite Church returned administration to the Nový Bor Municipal National Committee, who used it for storage. A reconstruction project was planned for 1982-1988. On February 20, 1982, around 3 p.m., three boys, around nine years old, entered the church through a broken window via a ladder and started a fire. After pouring a can of paint onto the fire, it spread to stored materials around 4 p.m. The boys escaped, but the fire engulfed the church, destroying the roof, trusses, tower roof, interior, organ, and stored materials. Only the outer walls remained.
