His father was Abdullah. And his mother was Aminah. Both died while he was young.. before he received revelation.
So neither was around to hear the message from him himself. However, the Prophet? Preached Tawheed.
Same message that Ibrahim (peace be upon him) taught. That message had been around yet people still rejected. Read here for what texts say about their fate.
http://islamqa.info/en/47170.
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.