Famous Figures

Did you know about the hidden lives of these admired historical figures? People say that victors write history. But if that’s true, Historical Files is about to shock you. It turns out that some of the most beloved and admired

Do you know these Nazi hunters?  Years after the end of WWII, stories about the Holocaust and Nazis still haunt us. Probably one of the most asked questions of all time is why so many innocent people died, and a

These are the rulers far worse than Putin:  No, no, I am not trying to take sides, nor am I trying to diminish how bad the world we’re living in today is. While we’d expect to have a lot of

Heinrich Himmler was an important figure in the history of WWII but some details about him are overlooked:  Although we wrote a lot of articles about WWII in the past, surprisingly there are some topics we haven’t written about yet.

How many things do you know about Josef Mengele?  Nicknamed Angel of Death, the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele is widely known as one of the most fearful people from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Even though he didn’t initially accept the Nazi philosophy, Mengele

Jim Jones and his terrible cult: one of the worst Tragedies in American history!  Back in the ’70s, long before the Haven’s Gate and the Manson Family crimes, there was a “charismatic” preacher named Jim Jones who started the cult

John F. Kennedy, often known as JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, and one of the ones who lead a truly fascinating life. He was in office between 1961-1963 and spent most of his life as a

Why is the father of the atomic bomb seen by many as a bad person? Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer, and why did he do this? To these questions and a few more others, we will answer them in this

What was it like to date the Führer?  There is no surprise that Hitler’s personal life was as tumultuous and manipulative as his dictatorship. I mean, who could possibly believe that the personification of evil was capable of loving someone?

George Washington is perhaps one of the most important figures in US history. Washington, America’s first president and a great warrior, has an interesting life story that is also littered with lies. Many of us have heard legends of him