Complex sentence: Hoepner was a participant in the 20 July Plot in 1944 and, following the failure of the coup attempt, was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo, given a summary trial by the "Volksgerichtshof" and sentenced to death.
Split into simpler sentences: Hoepner was a participant in the 20 July Plot in 1944 and, following the failure of the coup attempt, was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo. He was given a summary trial by the "Volksgerichtshof" and sentenced to death.