Complex sentence: Elias sought to stop recruitment to the Waffen-SS and disband the Hitler Youth, although towards the end of World War II he came to co-operate more with the Nazis, fearing a communist takeover.
Split into simpler sentences: Elias sought to stop recruitment to the Waffen-SS and disband the Hitler Youth. Towards the end of World War II he came to co-operate more with the Nazis, fearing a communist takeover.