Have all your i's dotted and your t's crossed and learn a lesson from this. The world we are living in right now--requires this. No you are not paranoid--when you put out information out there--the kooks do come out and you never know.
Pay attention for any little clues and keep safe.
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.