NIKOLA TESLA

1856-1943 | Persecuted Genius | Suppressed Inventor

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"The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."

— Nikola Tesla

The Suppression

Nikola Tesla died alone in poverty in a New York hotel room on January 7, 1943. The next morning, the FBI raided his room and confiscated all his papers, blueprints, and inventions. They were declared "top secret" — and 82 years later, many remain classified.

This man held over 300 patents. He invented AC electricity, radio, remote control, and wireless power transmission. He proposed free energy for all humanity. And for that, he was persecuted, stolen from, and left to die in poverty while others profited from his genius.

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Timeline Preview (1856-1943)

1856: Born in Smiljan, Croatia (Austrian Empire)
1884: Arrives in America with 4 cents, works for Edison
1885: Edison promises $50,000, refuses to pay, Tesla quits
1888: AC motor patents filed, Edison launches smear campaign
1893: Chicago World's Fair — AC wins, lights the fair
1899: Colorado Springs experiments — wireless power breakthrough
1903: JP Morgan cuts funding after learning tower transmits FREE energy
1917: Wardenclyffe Tower demolished for scrap
Jan 7, 1943: Dies alone in New Yorker Hotel, Room 3327
Jan 8, 1943: FBI raids room, confiscates all papers — classified "top secret"
Jun 21, 1943: Supreme Court awards radio patent to Tesla (5 months after death)
2025: Most papers still classified 82 years later

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Tesla's Most Famous Quotes

Primary Sources

Patents

FBI Files

Court Records

  • Marconi Wireless Tel. Co. v. United States, 320 U.S. 1 (1943)
  • Supreme Court ruling awarding radio patents to Tesla (June 21, 1943)