Only you can know what feels right for you. There is no one golden rule here, no right or wrong. Simply, this comes down to personal choice.
Giving to the gift does not suggest a lack of love or respect for the deceased, and the recipient of the gift does not need to know it was originally intended for another. Listen to your intuition, you will know what to do.
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.