▁states ▁that ▁Wolf ▁H ess ' s ▁efforts ▁to ▁free ▁his ▁father ▁ultimately ▁back f ired ▁as ▁he ▁confl ated ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁his ▁father ▁des erved ▁release ▁on ▁human itar ian ▁grounds ▁with ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁guilty ▁of ▁war ▁cr imes , ▁claim ing ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁an ▁innoc ent ▁man .   In ▁a ▁book , ▁the ▁younger ▁H ess ▁argued ▁that ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁un just ly ▁imprison ed ▁to ▁hide ▁Britain ' s ▁" war ▁gu ilt ", ▁arg uing ▁that ▁millions ▁of ▁lives ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁saved ▁if ▁only ▁Church ill ▁had ▁accepted ▁H ess ' s ▁peace ▁offer ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁The ▁journalist ▁Bernard ▁Le vin , ▁who ▁had ▁signed ▁H ess ' s ▁pet ition ▁on ▁human itar ian ▁grounds , ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁Times ▁that ▁ ▁H ess ▁fils ▁had ▁written ▁a ▁" sh am eless ▁and ▁dis g ust ing ▁book ".   In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁foreign ▁minister ▁Abb a ▁E ban ▁charged ▁that ▁H ess ▁was ▁not ▁being ▁treated ▁as ▁badly ▁as ▁his ▁champions ▁claimed ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁should ▁serve ▁his ▁full ▁sentence .   ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁medical ▁tests ▁showed ▁that ▁H ess ▁was ▁suffering ▁from ▁pro state ▁cancer ▁and ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁treated , ▁he ▁would ▁as ▁the ▁British ▁doctor ▁who ▁exam ined ▁him ▁put ▁it ▁suffered ▁a ▁" f atal ▁outcome ".   In ▁a ▁letter