Complex sentence: In March, 1945 on the direction of Countess Margaret of Batthyanyu daughter of Baron Heinrich Thyssen, Podezin engaged in the massacre of at least 180 Jewish slave laborers in Rechnitz who were assigned to dig anti-tank ditches in anticipation of the approaching Red Army.
Split into simpler sentences: In March, 1945 on the direction of Countess Margaret of Batthyanyu daughter of Baron Heinrich Thyssen. Podezin was responsible for the massacre of at least 180 Jewish slave laborers in Rechnitz who were assigned to dig anti-tank ditches in anticipation of the approaching Red Army.