Um, it's death. There's no spiritual journey to fairy tale land. Your only trip is 6ft under.
There was nothing before, and there's nothing after. Like Yoda said, when you die, your neurons stop communicating, and with them goes your "I don't wanna die so I'm gonna believe in nonsense." Just because you can't handle something doesn't mean it won't happen.
Get over it.
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.