Erica Vexler
Died(2011-04-30)30 April 2011
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityChilean
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor, television presenter
ChildrenMariana
AwardsLenka Franulic Award

Erica Vexler (died 30 April 2011[1]) was a Chilean journalist, editor, and television presenter best known for her reporting for the magazine Ercilla – of which she was editor in 1966 and subsequently subeditor until 1970 – and for presenting the program Erika Vexler 600 on Canal 13.[2] In 1968, the National Association of Women Journalists of Chile presented her with the Lenka Franulic Award, which she shared with C. Machado.[3]

In 1970, after the victory of Salvador Allende in the presidential election, she moved to Israel, where she served as a correspondent for Televisa.[4]

Colonia Dignidad case

Vexler was one of the first journalists to investigate and publish a series of denunciations about the conditions that existed in the former Colonia Dignidad, in co-authorship with Osvaldo Murray and Juan Ehrmann.[4][5][6] These incited the first judicial inquiry into the colony between 1966 and 1968, without conclusive results.[5] Such reports appeared in Ercilla during the 1960s:

  • Vexler, Erica; Muray, Osvaldo; Ehrmann, Juan (30 March 1966). "Tras los Muros de la 'Dignidad'" [Behind the Walls of the 'Dignidad']. Ercilla. Torrente, Heliodor.
  • Vexler, Erica; Ehrmann, Juan; Muray Q., Osvaldo (6 April 1966). "La Colonia del Terror". Ercilla.

References

  1. ↑ González, Gustavo (19 May 2011). "En memoria de Ted Córdova y Érica Vexler" (in Spanish). University of Chile. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Puelma Urzúa, Hernán (1968). Alí-Babá y sus 40 periodistas [Ali Baba and His 40 Journalists] (in Spanish). Editorial Desierto. p. 19. Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Listado de todos los periodistas premiados" [List of All Award-Winning Journalists] (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Faculty of Communications. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 Baltra, Lidia (May 2011). "Mi Compañera Erica Vexler" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via University of Chile.
  5. 1 2 Biedermann, Niels; Strasser, Judith; Poluda, Julian (2006). "Colonia Dignidad – Psychotherapie im ehemaligen Folterlager einer deutschen Sekte". Zeitschrift für Politische Psychologie (in German) (1–2): 111–127.
  6. ↑ Santibañez, Abraham (3 July 2016). "Misterioso contrato" [Mysterious Contract]. La Prensa Austral (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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