That's like asking whether a car is faster than a Ford, or whether an animal can outrun a horse Sunlight is light, and it travels at the speed of that which it is.
Not sure why you were told that about a shadow, but there is no object part of our universe can travel faster than the speed of light. This is a physical law of our universe.
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.