The moment those emails enter the company network and then go onto the company owned computer - the company can read them.
They can read your personal e-mails IF you are sending and receiving them ON A COMPUTER that belongs to the employer OR if you send/receive them during work time for which you are paid. If you never accessed your Yahoo account from work, then you can sue for invasion of privacy.
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.