Complex sentence: The year of 1934 was a somewhat tragic year for the Sousa Mendes family with the loss of two of its children, Raquel barely one year old of age, and Manuel who had just graduated from the University of Louvain.
Split into simpler sentences: The year of 1934 was a tragic year for the Sousa Mendes family. The family lost two of its children, Raquel barely one year old of age, and Manuel who had just graduated from the University of Louvain.