Complex sentence: Arrested in June 1945, he appeared at the Nuremberg Trials, was convicted of war crimes, and on 16 October 1946 became the first of the sentenced defendants to be hanged.
Split into simpler sentences: Arrested in June 1945, he was tried at the Nuremberg Trials, and convicted of war crimes. On 16 October 1946 he became the first of those sentenced to death to be hanged; e sentenced defendants to be hanged.