I think it's wrong to force any ideas or beliefs onto another human being. Isn't that considered brain washing and coercion?
It isn't wrong if you are their parent, but if you have to force them to go you should really try to understand why they don't want to go and start working with them in being an adult and making their own decisions since they are 16.
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.