All objects involved in array creation using initWithObjects should be actual objects. There is no enough code in your question to know if lat and longt are objects too. Are they?
In XCode, go to menu "edit scheme", choose the running configuration and add 'NSZombieEnabled' like in the picture below, when your apps crashes, it will provide you additional infos on the crash that should help you debug it.
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.