Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség

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Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség ("Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris") is a Scouts-in-Exile organization aimed at youth of Hungarian descent.

Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség is tied closely with Magyar Cserkészszövetség (the Hungarian Scout Association) in Hungary, and with the independent Hungarian Scout Associations organized in the Hungarian minority areas in neighboring Slovakia, Croatia, Subcarpathian Ukraine, Romania, and Serbia. Each of these countries has significant Hungarian minorities, and Scouting makes it possible for them to learn more about their own heritage, language and culture. Since the advent of democracy, Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség has trained almost 500 Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters for these brother associations. The World Organization of the Scout Movement maintains ties and provides support to the reemerging Scouting movements in the countries of their birth.

History

Gábor Bodnár (b. 1920) led the Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség from 1945 until his death in the early 1990s. As a young Scoutmaster, he started organizing troops in Germany with several Scout friends (referred to collectively as the "Hontalan Sasok" or "Homeless Eagles").

In 1945 and the following years Scout groups were founded by Hungarian refugees in Austria and Germany. These groups formed the Pál Teleki Scout Association. [cite book
last = Kroonenberg
first = Piet J.
authorlink = Piet J. Kroonenberg
title = The Undaunted- The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe
publisher = Oriole International Publications
location = Geneva
date = 1998
pages = 269-270
isbn = 2880520037 ] [cite web|title=HUNGARIAN SCOUTS IN EXILE
url=http://www.kmcssz.org/contents/visitors/aboutus.html|accessdate =2008-09-16|publisher=Hungarian Scouts Association in Exteris|format=html]

In 1948 after Scouting was banned in Hungary the Pál Teleki Scout Association changed their name to Magyar Cserkészszövetség and preserved the traditions of Hungarian Scouting. In 1989 they returned the Association's original seal to Hungary and gave it to the new reorganized Hungarian Scout Association. [cite web|title=HUNGARIAN SCOUTS IN EXILE
url=http://www.kmcssz.org/contents/visitors/aboutus.html|accessdate =2008-09-16|publisher=Hungarian Scouts Association in Exteris|format=html]

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Displaced Persons (DPs), refugees from World War II and the new Communist regimes in Eastern Europe started emigrating to various overseas countries. The first overseas troop was founded in 1950 in Rio De Janeiro (the troop has since disbanded). Three troops in Caracas, Venezuela are still active. After Brazil and Venezuela, troops were founded in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries. The organization grew from about 1000 members in the early 1950s to over 6000 members in the late 1970s.

The Hungarian Scouts-in-Exile were members of the D.P. Scout Division of the Boy Scouts International Bureau [cite book
last = Kroonenberg
first = Piet J.
authorlink = Piet J. Kroonenberg
title = The Undaunted- The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe
publisher = Oriole International Publications
location = Geneva
date = 1998
pages = 46
isbn = 2880520037 ] , Council of Scout Associations in Exile [cite book
last = Kroonenberg
first = Piet J.
authorlink = Piet J. Kroonenberg
title = The Undaunted- The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe
publisher = Oriole International Publications
location = Geneva
date = 1998
pages = 55
isbn = 2880520037 ] and founder member of the Associated International Scout and Guide Organizations in 1976 [cite book
last = Kroonenberg
first = Piet J.
authorlink = Piet J. Kroonenberg
title = The Undaunted- The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe
publisher = Oriole International Publications
location = Geneva
date = 1998
pages = 63-64
isbn = 2880520037 ] .

The Magyar Cserkészszövetség-in Exile helped to restart Scouting in Hungary. [cite book
last = Kroonenberg
first = Piet J.
authorlink = Piet J. Kroonenberg
title = The Undaunted- The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe
publisher = Oriole International Publications
location = Geneva
date = 1998
pages = 301
isbn = 2880520037 ]

In 1998 Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség held 50th anniversary celebrations and held Jamborees in Fillmore, New York, Germany, and near Melbourne, Australia. The South American troops held their Jamboree late in 1996. Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség bases their work on carrying out obligations at four levels - God, their adopted countries, their fellow man and the Hungarian nation.

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Today, the Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség is 4500 strong and has 70 troops in five active districts worldwide, the largest district being District III.

*I) Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain)
*II) South America (Brazil and Argentina)
*III) (the United States and Venezuela)
*IV) Australia
*V) Canada

Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség maintains four councils in District III:
*New York (with troops in New York City (2), Passaic, New Jersey (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), Philadelphia (2), and Washington, D.C. (1)).
*The Cleveland council has troops in Cleveland (4), Chicago, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.
*The California council has troops in San Francisco (2) and Los Angeles (4).
*The Venezuelan council has three troops in Caracas.

Typically, there is a Boy Scout and Girl Guide troop in most cities that have substantial Hungarian populations, either closely affiliated with or actually operating most Hungarian weekend schools around the world.

References

*Reflist

ee also

*Scouting in displaced persons camps

External links

* [http://www.kmcssz.org/indexe.html Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség - Hungarian Scouts in Exile]