▁to ▁trigger ▁his ▁memory , ▁including ▁bringing ▁in ▁his ▁former ▁secret aries ▁and ▁showing ▁old ▁news re els , ▁but ▁he ▁pers isted ▁in ▁showing ▁no ▁response ▁to ▁these ▁stim uli . ▁When ▁H ess ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁statement ▁to ▁the ▁trib unal ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁November , ▁he ▁admitted ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁f aked ▁memory ▁loss ▁as ▁a ▁t actic . ▁ ▁The ▁pro sec ution ' s ▁case ▁against ▁H ess ▁was ▁presented ▁by ▁Mer v yn ▁Griff ith - J ones ▁beginning ▁on ▁ 7 ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁By ▁qu oting ▁from ▁H ess ' s ▁speech es , ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁demonstrate ▁that ▁H ess ▁had ▁been ▁aware ▁of ▁and ▁agreed ▁with ▁Hitler ' s ▁plans ▁to ▁conduct ▁a ▁war ▁of ▁ag gression ▁in ▁viol ation ▁of ▁international ▁law . ▁He ▁declared ▁that ▁as ▁H ess ▁had ▁signed ▁important ▁government al ▁decre es , ▁including ▁the ▁dec ree ▁requiring ▁mand atory ▁military ▁service , ▁the ▁N ure m berg ▁ra cial ▁laws , ▁and ▁a ▁dec ree ▁incorpor ating ▁the ▁conquer ed ▁Polish ▁territ ories ▁into ▁the ▁Reich , ▁he ▁must ▁share ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁acts ▁of ▁the ▁regime . ▁He ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁timing ▁of ▁H ess ' s ▁trip ▁to ▁Scotland , ▁only ▁six ▁weeks ▁before ▁the ▁Naz i ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁could ▁only ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁an ▁attempt ▁by ▁H ess ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁British ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁H ess ▁res umed ▁showing