By the time I was 15 I had read the complete works of the Marquis de Sade and these books certainly didn't ruin my life. Read "A Clockwork Orange" and decide for yourself if it is too explicit and form your own opinions of the story.
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.