I find that a wee bit hard to believe. The broken nose part. However if she said that she didn't want you to hold the door open for her, then you did what anyone else would do.
If this is actually all true then yes, I feel sorry for you. You were clearly raised well to hold the door open for others and she is a lunatic to take offence at a person with good manners.
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.