[ WP ] Hitler did n't kill himself at the end of WWII . He is currently standing trial for all his war crimes , and you have been appointed his lawyer to defend him .

Steinman held his head in his hand, feeling the sweat drip from his brow on to his thumb and fore finger, it was at this point he had realised- he was way in over his head. 
 
 The summer heat of Israel did not help nor did the courtroom camera focusing on his reaction. He rose his head, and looked at the witness, attempting to show no emotion, he could not let the world see weakness in him. The witness was a young jewish girl giving an account of her experience in auschwitz. The woman spoke in polish and in order to understand her, Steinman held the headset closer to his left ear and the translator spoke. 
 
'... The guard believed we were somehow smuggling bread into the camp and for some reason believed I had something to do with it and he wanted a confession from me.' 
 
 The Israeli prosecutor asked her a question and steinman heard the translation through the headphones'And what did he do to get a confession?' 
 
'He put a gun to my twin sisters head. He said he would get a confession from me as he knew what it was like to lose a twin sister. He told me it was like losing part of your soul.' 
 
'What did he do then?' 
 
'He asked me again if I had smuggled bread into the camp... he was right.' 
 
'Let me be clear - you did smuggle bread into the camp?' 
 
'No, he was right. It was like losing a part of your soul.' 
 
 The court sat in silence like they had all morning. They would have gasped in horror but nothing shocked them anymore. The cameras focused on the defendant sitting in the bulletproof glass booth but he was showing no emotion either. The court, the world, wanted anything from him any emotion but more than ever they wanted to see remorse on his face, remorse for his crimes or even disgust. They could try all day but they would get nothing from him. Hitler sat slouched in his chair, his head resting on his shoulder with soulless eyes staring into space. He never moved, he never spoke. Every so often when a witness took the stand you would hear him mumble under his breath incoreenhenlty. The only words Steinman could make out were'juden' or'Deutschland'. With no luck yet again all focus was back on the witness as she continued to tell her stories of woe and horror. 
 
 By this time steinman had already zoned out, he could n't concentrate on the sobbing girl. All the stories sounded the same, and there was many of them, so many of them that Hitler's case was falling apart with every word. It was steinman's fault after all, in his arrogance he believed he was the greatest lawyer in the world, so great in fact that he could get Adolf Hitler of the hook and after which the cases would be coming in right, left and center. Those delusions of grandeur were fading away quickly. Steineman looked at the papers sprawled out in front of him looking for an answer. He looked at the long list of indictments: Crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes against the Jewish people, membership in a criminal organisation. It was impossible, even if the court found Hitler innocent on one account he could still get hung for any of the other 14 indictments. There was nothing he could do so he lay his head to rest in his hand again and listened to the polish girl but her sweet somber voice was interrupted by Adolf Hitler. 
 
 He had finally moved, the cameras focused on him and Adolf Hitler rose from his seat, his arms shaking as they lifted his frail body. On his two feet, he gazed into the air and his lips began to move slowly at first. His arms then began to flail frantically as he spouted and spat words incoherently. Again Steineman could only make out words like'deutschland' and'juden'. One of the three judges intervened banging his gavel,'Mr hitler if you have one more outburst I will hold you in contempt of court.' but it did n't stop him as he shouted about'autarky' and the'aryan race'. Words Steinman now recognised, words from his Nuremberg speech. Did Hitler know where he was? or what year it was? Perhaps at the age of 75 his mind was at the mercy of the late stages of syphilis and what was left of his body was ravished by his parkinson's disease. 
 
 The Judge spoke once more'Bailiff remove him from the the court.' A man behind hitler in the booth approached him and attempted to restrain him but Hitler fought back, eventually the Bailiff overpowered him and dragged him out the court kicking and screaming. The Judge looked at the papers on his desk placed them in order and hit the bottom of them off the desk, aligning them.' The court will take a short recess then...' that is when it hit Steineman. 
 
'Your honour!' 
 
 
'Yes, Steinman?' 
 
'My client would like to change his defence.' 
 
 The court had again found something that made them gasp. 
 
'My client would like to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.' 

