Atheist definitely don't hate God. It may be fair to say some atheists dislike religion, but that is a separate matter to believing in a God.
Since Christian doctrine demands that Christians be persecuted in order to be good. It worked well, 2000 years ago when Christians were persecuted. But, once they gained power and became the persecutors....then they had to claim any form of disagreement was also persecution and hatred.
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.