Erica Vexler Explained

Erica Vexler
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality:Chilean
Occupation:Journalist, editor, television presenter
Alma Mater:University of Chile
Children:Mariana
Awards:Lenka Franulic Award

Erica Vexler Poreiki (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 presented her with the Lenka Franulic Award, which she shared with Carmen 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:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: En memoria de Ted Córdova y Érica Vexler . González . Gustavo . . Spanish . 19 May 2011 . 27 October 2017.
  2. Book: Puelma Urzúa, Hernán . Alí-Babá y sus 40 periodistas . Ali Baba and His 40 Journalists . Editorial Desierto . 19 . Spanish . 1968 . 27 October 2017 . Google Books.
  3. Web site: Listado de todos los periodistas premiados . List of All Award-Winning Journalists . Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Faculty of Communications . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813145744/http://comunicaciones.uc.cl/prontus_fcom/site/artic/20040408/pags/20040408002125.html . 13 August 2014 . dead . 27 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Mi Compañera Erica Vexler . Baltra . Lidia . Spanish . May 2011 . 27 October 2017 . University of Chile.
  5. Colonia Dignidad – Psychotherapie im ehemaligen Folterlager einer deutschen Sekte . Biedermann . Niels . Strasser . Judith . Poluda . Julian . Zeitschrift für Politische Psychologie . 1–2 . 111–127 . German . 2006.
  6. News: Misterioso contrato . Mysterious Contract . Santibañez . Abraham . La Prensa Austral . Spanish . 3 July 2016 . 28 October 2017.