7 Adorable Childhood Photos of History’s Worst Monsters

7. Kim Il-Sung – The Founder of a Brutal Dynasty

This childhood photo shows a young Kim Il-Sung in traditional Korean clothing, looking like any other boy growing up under Japanese occupation. But he would go on to found North Korea and create a cult of personality so extreme that citizens today still weep at statues of his face. His regime started the Korean War, created concentration camps, and starved millions—all while his official biography claimed he was born on a sacred mountain and could walk and talk at just three months old. The adorable boy became a god of suffering.