Ronald Podrow was born in London in 1926 and spent his childhood in Jersey. Like the majority of Jewish residents, the family decided to evacuate just before the arrival of German forces in the summer of 1940. In later life he moved to America and was inspired by a woman known as ‘Peace Pilgrim’, who abandoned personal possessions and walked over 25,000 miles for peace until her death in 1981. Styling himself ‘Peace Pilgrim II’, Podrow also began walking for peace.