Tell him exactly how you've told it all rite here. That's ashame he has to feel this way all the time. Let him know you DO understand, you know it's NOT his fault, & tell him just as you've told all of us.
You can even in a "lite manner of speaking" tell him you don't want to hear him say I'm sorry again. Make lite of it & that should help take some of the pressure off him. Sad he has someone who puts him in this position, but you know it's not his fault.
IF the two of you do make a go of it, she no doubt w/let up in the future & as the child gets older. He's still quite young, but won't be forever. Since you too have your own children, it makes it even easier for you to understand where he's coming from & the position she's putting him in from time to time.
I feel things w/work out in the future...best to you...:).
Tell him how you feel. Tell him not to apologize so much. Tell him you know how it is and he will probably love you for being so understanding.
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.