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 Church began using a different building in the early 1950s, leaving the church to the Hussites. The state officially owned the building and transferred its administ.. Read more »ration to the Hussite Church on April 16, 1958. They used it occasionally until the mid-1970s. 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 slated for cultural and educational purposes. The Hussite Church formally returned the church to the Nový Bor Municipal National Committee in 1976, who used it for storage. A reconstruction project was planned for 1982-1988. On February 20, 1982, around 3 p.m., three nine-year-old boys entered the church through a broken window and started a fire. After adding a can of paint to the flames, the fire spread to stored materials around 4 p.m. The boys escaped, but the fire consumed the church, destroying the roof, interior, and organ. Only the outer walls remained.
