I think your question is wonderful. The best ever mothers day gift I received was a mothers ring on a necklace. It had both birthstones of my two kids on it.
I think it is the only gift ever that meant so much to me. I am no longer with dad, but this gift lives on forever.
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.