I don't think I would try. Loss is something we must all experience from time to time throughout our life and it is up to us to develop ways to handle it. When others try to take that responsibility for us, it always seems awkward and stupid, even if well-intentioned, and that's why.
I would remind them that they still have people who love them and we're all quite willing to give them the time they need to get over the loss.
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.