Lauze S, Maurina B, Sidlovska V
Pharmazie. 2018 Mar 5;73(3):182-184. doi: 10.1691/ph.2018.7164.
For several hundred years, the Baltic German families of pharmacists have been the decisive creator of traditions in Latvian pharmacy. A large amount of the oldest pharmacies in Latvia, especially in Riga, were owned by pharmacists of Baltic German origin. Many of these ancient pharmacies ceased to exist in 1939, as a result of the emigration of the Baltic Germans. The agreement on the outward migration of German nationality citizens between Latvia and Germany was signed October 30, 1939. According to the information of the Pharmacy Board of Latvia, the number of employees in the pharmaceutical sector, registered in 1939, was 2068 persons. During the first wave of emigration, at the end of the year 1939, 306 persons, related to pharmacy, renounced the Latvian citizenship and emigrated. During the second wave of emigration, in spring of 1941, when Latvia had already lost its political independence, another 49 pharmaceutic employees left Latvia. In total 355 employees emigrated to Germany. As a result of the Baltic German emigration there was a decreased number of pharmacies in Latvia and the lack of pharmacists became a local issue. In rural areas quite often the only one pharmacy, which had been owned by a German origin pharmacist was liquidated or stayed closed for several months.
几百年来，波罗的海德意志药剂师家族一直是拉脱维亚药学传统的决定性创造者。拉脱维亚大量最古老的药房，尤其是在里加，都为波罗的海德意志裔药剂师所有。1939年，由于波罗的海德意志人的移民，这些古老药房中的许多都不复存在了。拉脱维亚与德国于1939年10月30日签署了关于德国国籍公民向外移民的协议。根据拉脱维亚药房委员会的信息，1939年登记的制药行业员工人数为2068人。在1939年底的第一波移民潮中，306名与药学相关的人员放弃了拉脱维亚国籍并移民。在1941年春天的第二波移民潮中，当时拉脱维亚已经失去政治独立，又有49名制药员工离开了拉脱维亚。总共有355名员工移民到了德国。波罗的海德意志人的移民导致拉脱维亚药房数量减少，药剂师短缺成为当地问题。在农村地区，通常由德意志裔药剂师拥有的唯一一家药房被清算或关闭数月。
