The statement about scenery in the previous comment is highly subjective. CSUEB is on a hill and gives a view of the San Francisco Bay to the west and hills to the east. The academics are fine, although it is not acclaimed for research.
Another school in the area is San Jose State, which offers dorms ad is nestled in a very culturally diverse neighborhood. The entire Bay Area is culturally diverse, but this part of San Jose really embraces ethnicity.
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.