Some people have small minds and big mouths. It really isn t her concern anyway but if even if she cared, she could have just alerted you and not gotten so crazy and know it all. It is good you were proffessional because you are working and you at times need to swallow pride.
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.