You should not NEED to request it, the deposit is returned to you if there's no damage done to the apartment. Contact your city's landlord/tenant hotline about this. And 'damages' do not mean the landlord has to paint or clean the rugs, this is standard for any landlord to do after someone moves out.
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.