Any adult Jewish male who observes Judaism in his personal life, and is capable of learning the reading of the portion of Torah and rendering it properly in public is permitted to read the Torah at the service during which it is read.
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.