..... A culture is inherited in your blood while your religion may be inherited or my not be. For example though the religion of Muslims of Punjab India, Kerala India and Bangladesh is one i.e. Islam but the language they speak is Punjabi, Malyalam and Bangla which was inherited through the ages and even some customs are inherited.
Therefore a person living nearby you may share cultural affinity with you yet he will be following quite different religion. .... more.
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.