Complex sentence: In that capacity he was responsible for rescuing hundreds of Jewish babies and children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg for which he received the Yad Vashem Distinction in 1973.
Split into simpler sentences: In that capacity he was responsible for rescuing hundreds of Jewish babies and children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg. Therefore he received the Yad Vashem Distinction in 1973.