Java JFame will not work when started by actionPerformed?

Well I haven't gone through your code may be beacuse I am too lazy to read pages of code. Well I think the new window you are creating must be interfering with EDT .

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.