You could use django-social-auth to make users register with their social account (which has been verified already). This would have the added bonus of being much quicker to sign up via.
I would use janrain or gigya, I think janrain is better, it's just my opinion.
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.