They are trapped by all the lies they have made and truth will ruin their life and you can tell it only if you become close to them as they are so addicted to lies, they lie on simple matters where truth would cost them nothing.
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.