For other things, simply go to sourceforge and find a program. They have tonnes of great free open source software :).
" is to broad to try and answer. There are literally thousands of open source applications out there. Still, visit my hub for a short list of my favorite time-proven best-of-breed open source software.
Best free Open Source Software is the MAC. It is light and fast software.
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.