Complex sentence: Wiesenthal was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, the fortieth anniversary of the end of the war; rumour had it that the Nobel Committee would give the prize to a Holocaust-related candidate.
Split into simpler sentences: Wiesenthal was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, the fortieth anniversary of the end of the war. Rumour had it that the Nobel Committee would give the prize to a Holocaust-related candidate.