You can check some of those groups out, take business cards, flyers, etc.. they normally ask you to present a 30 second blurb on who you are, why you are there, etc.. There is a group call IBN - international business networking. Unfortunately though they are pretty expensive but could be worth it. The thing with IBN is that you could visit a a chapter to see if you are interested first and if you are visiting in the states I believe you could visit a chapter here as well.
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.