This has all the hallmarks of a scam. 1. Says he is no longer in the same state, but failed to hire a management company.
2. His lawyer probably is just him, hoping that saying you are sending money to a lawyer would sound more legit. 3.
Wants you to send money. 4. Wants you to send money via moneygram which, once sent, can't be retrieved.
5. The house can be legit (with copy stolen from someone else's real ad), so that's not definitive.
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.