It really depends on the specifics of the situation. If the money is sitting on the floor of the deepest vault of a reputable bank, I'm not going to try to take it. If it just materialized in my livingroom, then I will take it.
What would I buy with it? I would start my own real estate business, using my own ideas for alternative forms of housing that are much more affordable and mobile than conventional homes.
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.