Its not Shirk so after years of punishment(if you believe in Allah(swt) and His messengers) you will enter paradise, inshaAllah but you know 5 seconds of Hellfire is enough to make you forget all the good times you had on Earth.
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.