Piet J. Kroonenberg
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 postWar Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe.
Personal history
A Dutch Scoutmaster and Scouting historian, he participated in the Dutch Resistance and the events of A Bridge Too Far.
He served in the British Army from 1944-1947. Kroonenberg , and was awarded the Bronze Wolf by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1996, and 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.
Publications
- Kroonenberg, Piet J. (1989). The Forgotten Movements (in English). Geneva: World Organization of the Scout Movement.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - 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. pp. 420 pages.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Kroonenberg, Piet J. The Undaunted II – The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia (in English). Geneva: World Organization of the Scout Movement. pp. 94 pages.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Kroonenberg, Piet J. (2005). Frits Philips 26/04/1905-05/12/2005 – Frits and Scouting (in Dutch) (Obituary on Frits Philips ed.).
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{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Kroonenberg, Piet J. (2006). Koninklijke Scouts (in Dutch) (in three parts: Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium ed.).
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Kroonenberg, Piet J. (2006). Uit het logboek van Ton Gräber; een zomer zwerftoch in 1945 (in Dutch).
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References
- ^ "Piet J. Kroonenberg - The Bronze Wolf with The Bronze Beaver". Russian Union of Scouts. 2002-06-11. Retrieved 2006-10-01.
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