Complex sentence: After the war ends, Maria and her friend Betti visit the train station where other women go to seek word of their soldier husbands, but Maria's friend's husband returns home with news that Hermann has been killed.
Split into simpler sentences: After the war ends, Maria and her friend Betti visit the train station where other women go to seek word of their soldier husbands. Betti's husband returns home with news that Hermann has been killed.