I think the best free plugin is Simple Popup, but you need some design knowledge.
Premium plugin, I think is Popup Domination. I'm an affiliate and I think is one of the best plugins out there. It contains some cool designs and is easy to use.
More advance option, you can do it yourself with javascript, this is a cool nice: scriptiny.com/2009/05/javascript-popup.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
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.