From an XML standpoint, the data in there is just ordinary 'Text'. Any java/XML toolkit, such as XMLBeans, or JAX-B, or for that matter STaX or SAX or the DOM, will just deliver it as a string. (Or as pieces of a char).
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.