I guess I am somewhat of a paranoid person, but I would not trust them with extremely important private papers. It might be very tempting to have someone do the shredding for you, but doing it yourself is the only way to be 100% sure that nobody else gets hold of your private information.
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.