If you go to the Mahalo widget link the code will be there for you to copy and paste. I'm not sure what you're doing wrong but that code you provided looks way too short. ;-) Get the URL1 Mahalo Widget here.
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.