If your system has a working usr/bin/sendmail (doesn't have to be sendmail sendmail most mail servers provide a usr/bin/sendmail wrapper script) then you can use the mail(1) utility to send mail.
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.