While none of us are in your position and don't know what it's like, I would urge you to reconsider your plans. Life is all about triumphing over struggle and I personally have the greatest respect for the fighters in life, that saw it through to the end no matter what. I believe life is precious.
Pain does make life horrible, I admit it, thinking of my own brief encounters with it. But we only get one chance at life.
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.