It is called DATA MINING but how they get into certain accounts is a mystery to me too. There is a lot of that going around and I don't think they do it via using your password. I belief is they r hacking phones and retrieving your contact addresses that way.
The mail is not sent via your account - it just looks like it is with your return address.
If you used your email's password on another website, that's a huge possibility. Try changing your password, if it still happens then you have a virus on your computer.
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.