You don't have to volunteer. Just understand that you will be competing against those who *do* have volunteer experience. If you were an employer who had one applicant who had done volunteer work and one who hadn't done any, who would you favour?
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.