Take a picture of the tattoos to a tattoo artist and ask him what would be easiest to sketch them onto, like a flat wooden frame, you can have him recreate the tattoos on the frame and have him paint it, or even if you know and artist they can do the same. You can get htese frames at hobby lobby usually 50 % off!
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.