In the context of ecology, conservation is ensuring that a species will continue indefinitely into the future so the species can be used by humans. One example of this is Ducks Unlimited. Preservation is ensuring a species will continue not because of any specific use by humans.
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.