DOGS! If you can handle all of the work. Cats if you can handle cleaning out the litter box and feeding them but not much else.
No other animal if you cannot handle simply cleaning a litter box and leaving out food. But, dogs are awesome.
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.