Dad's mom was not a nice woman kicked out the kids when she wanted to remarry when dad was 11. She lived with his sister when she was elderly but never talked to us at all, she watched soaps even when they had company. I would stay a week at a time when I was a teen and never spoke to each other at all so I didn't know her.
Mom's mom died in 2005 but didn't remember me the last few years. I miss who she was before when I was a kid or younger adult. She was not super sweet but she loved grand kids and was nice to us.
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.