Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: Russia had recently signed a peace treaty with the Germans , and did not want to upset them by letting them know the women were dead , so they told them they had been moved to a safer location .
Simplified: Russia had signed a peace treaty with the Germans and did not want to tell them that the women were dead . Instead , they told them they had been moved to a safer place .