Piet J. Kroonenberg

Piet J. Kroonenberg is a Scouting historian and 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.

Biography

Kroonenberg participated in the Dutch Resistance and the September 1944 events of Operation Market Garden, depicted in A Bridge Too Far. Kroonenberg served in the British Army from 1944-1947.

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

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

External links

• Scouting in World War II Netherlands