Sounds like something that I ran into that I refer to as Schrodinger's Code... I came across a similar issue where I was passing my model to my view, but when trying to access the related entities, I received errors referring to the object context being closed. I was able to get around this without reopening the object context by having observed the related entities prior to passing the main entity to my view.
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.