This is an iPhone feature, Android uses fast scroll. I'd recommend that you use the platform alternative rather than try to enforce common functionality.
You can try using IndexScroller which only visible on touch and auto invisible when no contact. Here is the screenshot.
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.