The 1st camp of Romuald Traugutt Warsaw Scout group “The Black One” – one of the oldest Polish Scout units, founded in 1911

From its very beginning, the Scouting Movement was based on the social and educational framework set up by Robert Baden-Powell. The first Polish sections were established in 1911 in Lviv. Scouting was of extreme importance in organizing young generations in the partitioned Polish territories and fostering their patriotic sentiments, which was reflected in the engagement of scouts in fighting for freedom and for the borders of the Polish state between 1914 and 1921.