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:

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

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.