Complex sentence: Professor Ebenwald, a man with considerable influence among corrupt judicial officers tries offers to pay a bribe to official so that Bernhardi can avoid trial if he will give preference to a Christian physician over Dr. Wenger, a Jewish physician Bernhardi would appoint based on merit.
Split into simpler sentences: Professor Ebenwald, a man with influence among corrupt judicial officers offers to pay a bribe so that Bernhardi can avoid trial. He will do this on condition that Bernhardi agrees to instate a Christian physician rather than Dr. Wenger, a Jewish physician Bernhardi had wanted to appoint based on merit.