The correct way to apply for a job is: apply online; wait 2 weeks; if not contacted in the 2 weeks, send an email ( NO phone call unless instructed otherwise ) and ask about your app.
Only if they have opening and they plan on interviewing you.
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.