I am wondering if you are currently, in your waking life, caught in an intrigue with other people about a certain issue. Sometimes something is started by someone and by the time more people are drawn into it, the thing can take on proportions that end up pure fiction and far from reality. For instance, when a rumour starts with someone saying something about another person out of some personal bias towards them.
And because people love an intrigue, the rumour starts growing more bizarre with each telling. Also, you could have some leftover misgivings to do with your ex as well. When there's a break with a romantic partner, it can often end up in hurtful things being said and other people get involved.
So trust is broken and that's important when two people have been intimate. I suggest that you, if you feel that there is a gossip mill at work, get things out into the open. Don't let things simmer if they are an atmosphere of untruths: be more transparent.
Things might not be as dim as what was previously thought and by being more transparent (rather than keeping things to yourself like a spy does) might return peace to your subconscious mind. :).
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.