Moderately priced is a very subjective term. I would need to know what Moderately Priced means to you. It could be $50 a night or it could be $300 a night.
Your best bet is to find a hotel that fits comfortably within your budget and is in the desired location for you.
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.