Jose Rizal in Berlin was impoverished and sick because his allowance from the Philippines has not yet received and he have to eat a meal which only consists of a bread and water or vegetable soup so he can save some money for the printing costs of his first novel, Noli me Tangere. That's why it is considered as Jose Rizal's darkest winter.
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.