Piet J. Kroonenberg

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Piet J. Kroonenberg is the historical consultant to the European Scout Committee. He has written books and articles about Scouting during World War II and post-War Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe.

Contents 1 Personal history 2 Publications 2.1 Books 2.2 Articles 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Personal history

A Dutch Scoutmaster and Scouting historian, he participated in the Dutch Resistance and the events of A Bridge Too Far.

Kroonenberg served in the British Army from 1944-1947. He was awarded the Bronze Wolf by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1996, for his outstanding contributions to International Scouting. Kroonenberg was also awarded the highest Russian Scout distinction, the Order of the Bronze Beaver.^[1]

His books The Forgotten Movements and The Undaunted, as well as numerous articles, chronicle the history of Scouting in Europe.

Kroonenberg has been active in Scouting since 1935 and attended the 5th World Scout Jamboree in Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, the Netherlands, in 1937.

[edit] Publications

[edit] Books

• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (1989). The Forgotten Movements (in English). Geneva: World Organization of the Scout Movement.
• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (1998). The Undaunted – The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe (in English). Geneva: World Organization of the Scout Movement, 420 pages.
• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (2003). The Undaunted II – The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia (in English). Geneva: World Organization of the Scout Movement, 94 pages.

[edit] Articles

• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (1994). From a Toad to a World Emblem – The toad, the arrowhead and the Fleur-de-Lys (in English).
• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (December 2005). Frits Philips 26/04/1905-05/12/2005 – Frits and Scouting, Obituary on Frits Philips (in Dutch).
• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (January 2006). Sint Joris – Uit het Scouting beeld verdwenen? (in Dutch).
• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (2006). Koninklijke Scouts, in five parts: Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium (in Dutch).
• Kroonenberg, Piet J. (April 2006). Uit het logboek van Ton Gräber; een zomer zwerftoch in 1945 (in Dutch).

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[edit] External links

• Downloads of recent Dutch publications by Kroonenberg (Dutch). Scouting Nederland. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
• Scouting in World War II Netherlands
• Short portrait of Kroonenberg (Russian). Russian Union of Scouts. Retrieved on 2006-10-04.