Complex sentence: The novella tells the story of a young community servant who, through his service, becomes acquainted with a seemingly bewildered pensioner, a Viennese Jew whose bewilderment is a direct consequence of his experiences made in a concentration camp during the Third Reich.
Split into simpler sentences: The novella tells the story of a young community servant who, through his service, becomes acquainted with a seemingly bewildered pensioner. Eventually he learns that the old man is a Viennese Jew whose bewilderment is a direct consequence of his experiences during the Third Reich.