I would just add another action to the controller, 'quick_create' or whatever. You can dry out the form with partials and parameters to the partial to tell how to render things...This just seems like the easiest way.
You can leverage the referrer directly from the Request object and fork based on that, similar to how redirect_to :back works.
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.