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The Undaunted
by Piet Kroonenberg
This book is about scouts in Eastern and Central Europa who kept the scouting spirit alive, despite oppresion and persecution during many decades, and revived the scout Movement at the earliest opportunity.
Souting was born in 1907 and quickly spread to many parts of the world. By the late 1930's Scouting was will established in more than 50 countries, some: the values that scouting stood for were unacceptable to totalitarian and communist régimes.
Scouting was banned; and Scouts were oppressed and persecuted during 30, 40, even 50 years. But the scout spirit never died. It lived on in the hearts and minds of those it had touched, and it became a hope and dream of many young people who waited for the day that they could openly be scouts.
In the 1990's Souting has revived throughout Eastern and Central Europe - anda also spread to newly independent countries where it never before existed. Today there is Scouting in 216 countries and territories.
Who is Piet Kroonenberg?
Piet has been a Scout since he took his Cub Scout promise on his eighth birthday. During World War II in the Netherlands he was active in Scouting at a time when it was illegal and everything had to be "underground". After persons, some of whom were Scouts eager to continue Scouting Nederlands, often working in functions with an international dimension.
His interest in Exile Scout Movements, and Scouting left behind in their countries of origin, has eld to substantial research and eventually the compilation of the "The forgotten Movements" which was informally published in 1989. Piet is the Historial Consultant to the European Scout Committee.
In 1996, the World Scout Conference gave "the Bronze Wolf" him. The Bronze Wolf is World Scouting's only award and it is given for outstanding services to International Scouting.
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