Wearing shoes in apartments when someone is below you is not only trampy but very inconsiderate. That is purposely inconsiderate and you should complain What's the big deal putting on a pair of slippers some people act like you are asking them to give you money or something I have a stomper upstairs as well and he didn't even have the courtesy to lay underlay under his carpet so it's like he has bare wood floors up there!
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.