Lauze S, Maurina B, Sidlovska V
Pharmazie. 2017 May 1;72(5):300-303. doi: 10.1691/ph.2017.6203.
The Latvian Red Cross has performed its assistance mission outside the territory of Latvia for several decades. In the 40-s of the 20th century, the state of Latvia and its people went through one of the most tragic pages of their history. Due to the re-occupation made by the Soviet Union in 1944, many people of Latvia fled to exile and under exile conditions the Latvian societies, parishes and public organizations came into being, including the Latvian Red Cross. It started its activities in the second part of the 40-s of the 20th century in Germany and then representative offices emerged in the U.S.A., Sweden, France, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand. Special attention should be paid to the fact that the activity under exile conditions was of a large scale, well-organized and long-lasting. Substantial work at that time has been done by a number of pharmacists. Among them, the pharmacist and doctor Hugo Skudins (1903-1976) should be emphasized, who organized the purveyance of medication and sending them to Latvians in the occupied Latvia and to the penal camps in Siberia.
拉脱维亚红十字会在拉脱维亚境外执行援助任务已有数十年。在20世纪40年代，拉脱维亚国家及其人民经历了其历史上最悲惨的篇章之一。由于苏联在1944年的重新占领，许多拉脱维亚人逃亡到国外，在流亡条件下，拉脱维亚的社团、教区和公共组织应运而生，其中包括拉脱维亚红十字会。它于20世纪40年代后期在德国开始活动，随后在美国、瑞典、法国、意大利、丹麦、比利时、澳大利亚、新西兰设立了代表处。应特别注意的是，流亡条件下的活动规模大、组织良好且持续时间长。当时，一些药剂师做了大量工作。其中，药剂师兼医生雨果·斯库丁斯（1903 - 1976）值得一提，他组织了药品供应，并将药品送往被占领的拉脱维亚的拉脱维亚人以及西伯利亚的集中营。
