In Britain, benefits are not paid until they have been here and working for at least 12 months, and even then they need a good reason like they got made redundant. The only exception is working tax credits but this has been greatly cut down by this government. I would have been entitled to some a few years ago and now I'm not, but my wages haven't changed in that time.
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.