With your data, I'd say using paragraph mode for the input stream would be a good idea. That is basically setting the input record separator $ to "\n\n" but in this case we will use "", which is a bit more magical in that it is flexible with extra blank lines.
It won't win any Code Golf competition, but it does seem to work.
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.