Complex sentence: In Algiers when Émile Zola was brought to trial for his defense, in his book, J'accuse of Alfred Dreyfus in 1898, over 158 Jewish owned shops were looted and burned and two Jews were killed, while the army stood by and refused to intervene.
Split into simpler sentences: In Algiers when Émile Zola was brought to trial for his defense, in his book, J'accuse of Alfred Dreyfus in 1898. Over 158 Jewish owned shops were looted and burned and two Jews were killed, while the army stood by and refused to intervene.