The battered women's program I used to volunteer for helps their clients find jobs. Do you truly want to expose all your personal business to your former employer? In a workplace, it is best not to tell them things such as "I am a recovered drug addict" "I am in therapy now for being molested" even if they act as if they are not fazed, they will always remember what you told them.
Frankly, it is your private business.
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.