Piet J. Kroonenberg

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Piet J. Kroonenberg is a Dutch Scoutmaster and Scouting historian, author on World War II and postWar Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe, and participant in the events of A Bridge Too Far. Kroonenberg is the Historical Consultant to the European Scout Committee, and was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1996, for his outstanding contributions to International Scouting. 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 before the 5th World Scout Jamboree in Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, the Netherlands, in 1937.

Kroonenberg was also awarded the highest Russian Scout distinction, the Order of the Bronze Beaver.

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