You could clone it to a remote server using SSH and then push it to github from there, but that's the only option I know of.
I'm not aware of any way to do this, unless the repository is SVN, in which case you can use the Import from Subversion feature.
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.