You said it well. People who bully are dealing with being bullied in other areas of their life (possibly a spouse, child, parent or sibling) and so they lash out at others as a way of externalizing their internal frustration, pain and sadness. Rather than focus on what is happening in their own life, they find a target as a way of distracting them from the issues they find too hard, too overwhelming or too painful.
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.