There are no viruses that will infect OS X.... http://rixstep.com/2/20130908,00.shtml Whatever was installed from the downloaded file had been doctored (around 80% of such illicit files will have been) to exploit the computer. You can check the Mac... http://sqwarq.com/detectx https://www.clamxav.com But the chances are the email details have been harvested and being used and the erroneous emails are not coming from the Mac itself.
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.