We're brought up believing the cultural myths of our parents and culture - probably takes most people who do manage to see beyond them until they're 40s before they are awake enough to their own filters - but the vast majority of people stay asleep their whole lives.
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.