Everyone has a different rate and it will also vary depending on the size of the cut. Some people can go to sleep and wake up with the cut scabbed over, others will have the cut for weeks.
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.