I know alot of the old superstitions and don';t believe in most. There are some though that I do like knocking on wood. Sports superstitions will get you nowhere.
Want to win a horserace know the jockey. Does anyone remember when a certain Knicks game in Madison Square Garden was won but didn't beat the spread. The last shot of the game was by the Knicks into the other teams basket and lost the spread by one point.
This happened about 35 years ago and I think they knew the spread.
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.