Get together and talk it out, and be prepared to break it off if necessary...
Don't walk...RUN to the nearest exit and leave! This has all the marks of a super abusive relationship. My advice is to get out of it anyway you possibly can.
Life is too short to have to deal with this kind of nonsense. He will NEVER trust you no matter what you say or do, so end it while you still can.
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.