Did you see this man?

• 
  ¿Ha visto a este hombre?
  Did you see this man?
  
  With information please contact: Brigada Investigadora de Asuntos Especiales y de Derechos Humanos (56-2) 5657475 or the FBI Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile at (56-2) 330-3396

ABOUT BORIS

• A Tribute to Boris Weisfeiler
  AMS Notices, January 2004
  


• List of Publications of Boris Weisfeiler
  


• Weisfeiler Lectures in Mathematics
  Formerly held at Penn. State University (1989-2000)
  


• 
  Photographs of Boris Weisfeiler
  

The FOIA DOCUMENTS

• The U.S. Department of State Declassified Documents
  selected
  

Timeline: the Weisfeiler case

• Timeline: The Weisfeiler Case
  - a guide to the key events, legal and political issues related to the January 1985 disappearance in Chile of a U.S. citizen, Boris Weisfeiler.
  

ARCHIVES 1986-2016

• LETTERS
• REPORTS
• PRESS COVERAGE
• BBC RADIO REPORT
  aired by NPR on February 19, 2001
  

RELATED DEVELOPMENTS

• Colonia Dignidad case investigation
  Press coverage (in English and Spanish)
• 
  Colonia Dignidad: Behind the Gates
  Photos
  
  
• Chilean Community, Once a Site of Torture, Reinvents Itself for Tourists
  The New York Times, November 5 2015

Contact Info

• Olga Weisfeiler
  Sister of Boris Weisfeiler
  
• Web Site Questions
  Lev Weisfeiler
  

Archives

Letters

2016

• SOMACHI/international statement sent to President Bachelet re: Boris Weisfeiler's case
  - signed by 254 leading mathematicians from 27 countries around the word, April 11, 2016
• * A response from Pres. Bachelet office
  April 14, 2016
• * A response from director of Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos, Lorena Fries
  May 19, 2016
• LETTER FROM THE COMMITTEE OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS (CCS)
  Letter to Pres. Bachelet, March 22, 2016

2015

• US Ambassador Michael Hammer letter to Minister of Foreign Relation Heraldo Munoz of Chile re: Boris Weisfeiler's case and Human Rights violation
  June 8, 2015
• US Congressional letter to President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet re: Human Rights violation and the Weisfeiler case
  June 17, 2015
• CCS Requests Chile President’s Support For Permanent Human Rights Commission
  Letter to Pres. Bachelet, April 30, 2015
• * Reply Letter from Ministerio Secretaria General de la Republica de Chile Eyzaguirre to Committee of Concerned Scientists
  July 17, 2015

2013

• Letter To Secretary Of State John Kerry
  March 15, 2013

2011

• Senator Scott Brown (MA) letter to President Barack Obama
  March 8, 2011
• Congressman Barney Frank (MA) letter to President Barack Obama
  March 11, 2011

2010

• By-partisan congressional letter to President of Chile Sebastián Piñera
  June 11, 2010

2009

• Sen. Edward Kennedy, Rep. Barney Frank letter to President Barack Obama
  June 19, 2009
• Weisfeiler Letter to President Barack Obama
  June 2, 2009
• Congressman Frank's letter to Vice President Joseph Biden
  March 23, 2009
  * Vice President Biden's response including President's Bachelet letter on Weisfeiler case
  July 7, 2009
• Weisfeiler Letter to Vice President Joseph Biden
  March 16, 2009
  * The Vice President Biden's response
  July 6, 2009
• Weisfeiler Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
  March 12, 2009
  * The Department of State response
  April 20, 2009

2008

• Congressional letter to President of Chile Michelle Bachelet
  December 1, 2008
• Letter to CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
  (From Olga Weisfeiler) June 6, 2008
• Letter from Senator Edward Kennedy to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  March 10, 2008
• Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  (From Olga Weisfeiler) March 7, 2008
  * The State Dept. response
  April 4, 2008
• Letter from Penn State Senate to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet
  August 29, 2008
  * The Chilean gov. response
  April 7,2009
• Letter to President of Chile Michelle Bachelet
  (from Olga Weisfeiler) February 26, 2008
  * The GOC email reply
  April 2, 2008 (IN SPANISH & IN ENGLISH)

2007

• Letter from Committee of Concerned Scientists to President of Chile Michelle Bachelet
  November 28, 2007
• Letter to Ambassador of Chile Mariano Fernandez
  September 13, 2007
• Letter from Rep. Frank (MA) and Rep. Peterson (PA) to U.S. Ambassador Craig Kelly
  July 26, 2007

2006

• Letter from Rep. Frank (MA) and Rep. Peterson (PA) to Ambassador of Chile Mariano Fernandez
  September 20, 2006
• Congressional Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  May 31, 2006
• Letter to Leadership: Speaker Dennis Hastert and Leader Nancy Pelosi
  May 25, 2006
• By-partisan congressional letter to President of Chile Michelle Bachelet
  March 23, 2006
• Congressman Frank letter to President of Chile Michelle Bachelet
  March 17, 2006
• Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  March 8, 2006
• Congressman John E. Peterson letter to President-elect of Chile Michelle Bachelet
  March 6, 2006
• Senator Rick Santorum letter to the Department of State
  January 23, 2006

2005

• Department of State letter to Rep. John E. Peterson
  December 12, 2005
• Congressman John Peterson third letter to President of Chile Ricardo Lagos
  November 21, 2005
• Congressman John E. Peterson letter to the Department of State
  September 23, 2005
• Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Rice
  April 24, 2005
• Letter from Committee of Concerned Scientists to President Lagos
  March 8, 2005
• Letter from American Mathematical Society President Arthur to President Lagos
  February 8, 2005

2004

• Senator Kennedy's letter to President Lagos
  October 27, 2004
• Congressman Frank's letter to President Lagos
  October 27, 2004
• Sen. Kennedy letter to Secretary of State Powell
  July 14, 2004
• Letter to President George W. Bush
  July 13, 2004
• Letter to President Lagos: request to close down and investigate Colonia Dignidad
  April 19, 2004 (click for Spanish)

2003

• Letter from the U.S. Department of State
  October 16, 2003
• Letter to U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield
  August 19, 2003

2002

• Letter to President Lagos: request to close Colonia Dignidad
  December, 2002 (click for English)
• Letter from Rep. Peterson to Chair Penn State Math Department Prof. Mullen
  October 2, 2002
• Letter from Chile Ambassador Bianchi to Congressman Frank
  June 14, 2002
• Letter from Senator Specter to Chair Penn State Math Department Prof. Mullen
  June 12, 2002
• Letter from Chile's Army Commander-in-Chief General Cheyre Espinosa
  June, 2002 (click for English)
• Letter from Chile's Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet
  April 30, 2002
• Letter from Senator Santorum/U.S. Department of State
  April 11, 2002
• Letter from U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield
  April 10, 2002
• Letter from U.S. Department of State to Chair Human Rights Committee of the American Mathematical Society Prof. Lebowitz
  March 28, 2002
• Letter from U.S. Department of State as a reply to Senator Kennedy inquiry
  March 22, 2002
• Letter from Senator Specter to U.S. Department of State
  March 12, 2002
• Letter from Chair Human Rights Committee of the American Mathematical Society Prof. Lebowitz to the U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
  March 1, 2002
• Letter to the U.S. Ambassador to Chile William Brownfield
  February 12, 2002
• Letter from Chair Penn State Math Department Prof. Mullen to Rep. Peterson
  February 11, 2002
• Letter from Chair Penn State Math Department Prof. Mullen to Senator Santorum
  February11, 2002
• Letter from Chair Penn State Math Department Prof. Mullen to Senator Specter
  February 11, 2002
• Letter to Chile Ambassador to U.S. Bianchi
  February, 2002
• Letter to Senator John F. Kerry
  January, 2002
• Letter to Senator Arlen Specter
  January, 2002

2001

• Letter to President Lagos
  March, 2001
• Letter from the U.S. Department of State to Senator Kennedy
  January, 2001
• Letter from U.S. Ambassador to Chile John O'Leary
  January, 2001

2000

• Letter to Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh
  August, 2000
• Letter from Congressman Frank to U.S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
  July, 2000
• Letter from the Rettig Commission
  July, 1993
• Letter from Amnesty International
  April, 1991
• Letter to U.S. Department of State
  February, 1991

Reports:

• Report on Olga Weisfeiler's Trip to Chile in March 2004
  March, 2004
• Department of State briefing notes
  Prepared for a meeting in Washington, D.C. on 8/1/2003
• Weisfeilers' Family Trip to Chile
  December, 2000
• Memorandum on Disappearance of Boris Weisfeiler in Chile
  Prepared in July, 2000

Press coverage

2016

• Olga Weisfeiler On Her Brother's Chilean Disappearance
  WGBH News, Boston, April 14, 2016
• Gobierno de EE.UU. y fallo por caso de Boris Weisfeiler: "Es un revés frustrante"
  24horas.cl, TVN, April 5, 2016
• Por prescripción absuelven a procesados en caso Boris Weisfeiler
  Economía y Negocios online, El Mercurio, March 16, 2016
• Libres policías por desaparición de estadounidense en Chile
  20 Minutos, March 15, 2016
• Juez Zepeda absuelve a acusados por secuestrar a estadounidense en 1985
  Entorno Inteligente, March 15, 2016

2013

• U.S. woman refuses to let Chile forget about ‘disappeared’ brother
  The Santiago Times, April 6, 2013
• Woman pushes for news of brother’s fate in Chile
  The Boston Globe, March 31, 2013

2012

• Chilean Ex-Officers Charged in 1985 Kidnapping of U.S. Hiker
  The New York Times August 21, 2012
• Judge in Chile orders arrests over missing US hiker
  BBC, August 22, 2012
• Chilean Judge Orders Former Soldiers Arrested in Kidnapping of US Hiker
  FoxNews Latino, August 22, 2012
• Slow justice
  notesontheamericas.wordpress.com August 22, 2012
• Procesan a cuatro carabineros y cuatro militares por secuestro de estadounidense en 1985
  ElMostrador, Chile, August 21, 2012
• Someten a proceso a ex carabineros y ex militares por secuestro de Boris Weisfeiler en 1985
  La Tercera, Chile, August 21, 2012
• Boris Weisfeiler
  Peter Cameron's blog, March 22, 2012

2011

• Chile doesn't include US prof as Pinochet victim
  August 26, 2011
• More on Boris' Weisfeiler case
  notesontheamericas.wordpress.com March 30, 2011
• Chile’s American Desaparecido
  University of California Press, March 21, 2011
• Weisfeiler Case Lingers in Background of Obama's Chile Visit
  The Santiago Times, March 21, 2011
• Hermana de desaparecido se reunió con presidente del CDE
  Diario ElCentro.cl, March 19, 2011
• Sister Of Boris Weisfeiler, Missing In Chile Since 1985, Gets Support From U.S. Congressmen
  The Santiago Times, June 22, 2010
• Disappeared in the Andes
  Mother Jones Magazine, January 8, 2010
• Chilean Records on Weisfeiler Case Sought; The Chile Documentation Project
  National Security Archives, January 5, 2010

2010

• Chile: probe of American's disappearance advances
  etaiwannews.com, June 17, 2010
• EE.UU. confía en que Chile aclare desaparición de tres personas durante gobierno militar
  Emol.com, June 17, 2010
• Paul Schaefer, German Guilty of Chile Child Abuse, Dies
  New York Times, April 24, 2010
• Boris Weisfeiler: Missing for 25 Years
  The Penn Stater, January 8, 2010

2009

• U.S. fails to press Chile on Boris Weisfeiler case
  The Santiago Times, July 20, 2009
• Where is my brother
  Op- Ed; The Boston Globe, June 23, 2009
• Sister of disappeared US citizen pins hopes on Biden's visit to Chile
  The Santiago Times, March 27, 2009

2008

• Sister hopes for answers from Chile
  San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 2008
• Chile's Bachelet rejects Weisfeiler's request in missing brother case
  The Santiago Times, April 9, 2008
• Weisfeiler Criticizes Chile Over Case of Missing U.S. Citizen
  The Santiago Times, March 5, 2008
• Case of U.S. Citizen Missing in Chile has stalled
  The Santiago Times, January 30, 2008
• Sister of American missing in Chile for 23 years vows to continue search
  International Herald Tribune, AP, January 29, 2008
• Frustración manifestó hermana de Boris Weisfeiler por nulo avance del caso
  La Discusion, 29 de enero de 2008

2007

• Outgoing U.S. Ambassador discusses Weisfeiler disappearance
  The Santiago Times, August 6, 2007
• En Proceso: Caso Weisfeiler
  El Mercurio (in Spanish), March 21, 2007
• Senador Naranjo se reunió con familiares de Boris Weisfeiler
  Senado de Chile, Departamento de Prensa (in Spanish), March 20, 2007

2006

• Chile tapes may shed new light on disappearance of U.S. citizen
  The Santiago Times, August 17, 2006
• Chile government intervenes in U.S. citizen's disappearance
  The Santiago Times, June 14, 2006
• Bachelet in Washington: less about Chávez, more about human rights
  The Santiago Times, June 6, 2006
• After two decades, sister won’t give up search
  Newton TAB, May 17, 2006
• In Brief: Weisfeiler meeting
  The Santiago Times, April 24, 2006
• Sister Hopes Brother Still Alive in Chile
  CBS News, April 1, 2006
• EE.UU inicia nueva ofensiva para dar con el paradero de Boris Weisfeiler
  El Mostrador (in Spanish), March 31, 2006
• Congressman John E. Peterson - Press Release
  March 28, 2006
  (click for congressional letter to President of Chile Michelle Bachelet)
• Olga Weisfeiler as determined as ever in Chile
  The Santiago Times, March 28, 2006
• News release from Weisfeiler Family
  Santiago, March 27, 2006
• Chile leader, Rice discuss missing PSU professor
  Centre Daily Times, March 16, 2006
• En proceso - Caso Weisfeiler
  El Mercurio, March 14, 2006
• U.S. congressional leaders ask Rice to urge Bachelet to act on Weisfeiler case
  The Santiago Times, March 10, 2006
• Congressman John E. Peterson - Press Release
  March 8, 2006
  (click for the letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice)
• The Government of Chile responded to the U.S. Embassy's diplomatic note regarding the sale of Prof. Weisfeiler’s possessions
  February 3, 2006

2005

• Where is Boris Weisfeiler?
  posted October 31, 2005
• Hay que modernizar la forma en que se enseña inglés
  El Sur, August 5, 2005
• The enigma of Colonia Dignidad
  published in Diario Siete, June 19, 2005
• At Cult's Enclave in Chile, Guns and Intelligence Files
  The New York Times, June 17, 2005
• Weapons arsenal found buried in Chile's ex-Colonia Dignidad
  The Santiago Times, June 17, 2005
• Court "auctioned off" the only evidence of disappeared American Boris Weisfeiler
  La Segunda, June 15, 2005
  (click for Spanish)
• Arrests in Chilean Nazi refuge give hope to missing Jew’s family
  Jewish Telegraphic Agency, June 1, 2005
• Guru of Sadism, Safely in Jail, Leaves Cult to Fend for Itself
  The New York Times, May 16, 2005
• Juez Solís procesará a Paul Schaefer por caso de matemático Boris Weisfeiler
  El Mostrador, March 27, 2005
• Schäfer had hotline to Chile’s Pinochet-era secret police
  The Santiago Times, March 23, 2005
• Juez indaga a Schäfer por caso de matemático desaparecido en 1985
  La Tercera, March 23, 2005
• Ex-Nazi who found haven in Chile now in court, charged with torture
  Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 21, 2005
• SWC applauds Argentina for capturing Nazi figutive Paul Schaefer; Demands Chile to investigate his connections with Nazi war criminals
  The Simon Wiesenthal Center, March 15, 2005
• Colonia Dignidad and Weisfeiler case
  published in Diario Siete, March 13, 2005

2004

• Looking for Boris
  The Santiago Times on December 3, 2004
• Congressmen Back Colonia Dignidad Probe
  The Santiago Times on December 3, 2004
• Families of victims fly to Chile demanding Colonia Dignidad investigation
  The Santiago Times on November 25, 2004
• Familiares de extranjeros desaparecidos en ex Colonia Dignidad piden ayuda a Lagos
  La Tercera on November 25, 2004
• Kennedy, Lagos and Colonia Dignidad
  La Segunda, Chile on July 19, 2004 (in Spanish)
• Search for Information about Missing Math Professor Continues...
  AAAS.org report from June, 2004
• Her Search Goes On
  The Boston Globe on May 5, 2004
• Caso Weisfeiler: surge importante testimonio
  La Discusion on March 22, 2004 (in Spanish)
• ¿Ha visto a este hombre? (Did you see this man?)
  PiensaChile.com
• Frenetica busqueda de militar que "dejo" en Dignidad a matematico desaparecido
  La Cuarta on March 6, 2004 (in Spanish)
• Sister of missing American asks Chileans for clues
  Reuters AlertNet on March 5, 2004
• EUA procuram desaparecido na ditadura de Pinochet
  TerraNetwork by AFP on March 5, 2004
• EE.UU. apoya busqueda de profesor norteamericano desaparecido en Chile
  El Mercurio online on March 5, 2004
• A Tribute to Boris Weisfeiler
  by American Mathematical Society Notices, January 2004

2003

• Tracing a Mystery of the Missing in Chile
  The Washington Post, January 18, 2003
• Missing: The Long Search for Boris Weisfeiler
  The PennStater magazine, January 2003

2002

• Chile Sect Thrives Despite Criminal Charges
  New York Times on December 30, 2002
• Familia de estadounidense pedirá el cierre de Colonia Dignidad
  El Mostrador, December 5, 2002
• Missing: The Tragic Case of Boris Weisfeiler
  The Jerusalem Report on October 21, 2002
• Quest for secret files
  LatinamericaPRESS.com on June 3, 2002.
• Chilean Mystery: Clues to Vanished American
  New York Times on May 19, 2002.

2001

• Diputado Ulloa defiende a ex ''Colonia Dignidad''
  Diario El Sur, Concepcion, Chile on February 13, 2001

2000

• Juez Guzmán se reunió con familiares de norteamericano desaparecido
  Emol.com, Chile, December 6, 2000 (in Spanish)
• I am fighting for his life
  The National Post, Toronto, Canada on September 21, 2000
• Piecing together PA. man's fate
  The Philadelphia Inquirer on August 28, 2000
• FBI Spied on American Killed Under Pinochet
  The San Francisco Chronicle (The New York Times), July 1, 2000
• Documents Released On Chilean Slayings
  The Washington Post, June 30, 2000
• U.S. Asks Chile for Probe on Deaths of American Citizens Under Pinochet
  The San Francisco Chronicle (the Washington Post), June 19, 2000

1988

• Chile Colony of the Damned
  Time magazine, May 16, 1988

1986

• U.S. Presses Case of Missing Professor
  The Washington Post, July 1, 1986
• Otro "MISSING"?
  magazine Analisis, Febryary 4-10, 1986

1985

• Disminuyen esperanzas de hallar vivo al excursionista
  Las Ultimas Noticias, 31 Enero, 1985
• Amplio operativo para ubicar a turista perdido
  El Sur, 8 Febrero, 1985