OK, somehow I ended up writing that image viewer myself ... on the fly ... with inline python and Tkinter. If anybody wants to use it and python embedded in bash is not too scary an idea, here's my "Clipboard to QR Code" bash script. Save it somewhere, make it executable and register it in your Desktop Environment to run on or assign a starter in your panel.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.