The 'notion' of 'freedom', and the notion of a 'curse' are both imaginary, vanity! So imagine them any way that you must! *__- It's a matter of the Perspective of the beholder!
We can be describing the exact same thing and I can be describing a Blessing (freedom) and you, a curse!
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.