Complex sentence: Only 791 executions were actually carried out, including those of Pierre Laval, Joseph Darnand, and the journalist Robert Brasillach; far more common was "national degradation"--a loss of civil rights, which was meted out to 49,723 people.
Split into simpler sentences: Only 791 executions were actually carried out, including those of Pierre Laval, Joseph Darnand, and the journalist Robert Brasillach. Far more common was "National degradation," a loss of civil rights, which was meted out to 49,723 people.