Title: Blue ribbons, bitter bread
Description: Jocie Loch was an extraordinary Australian. She had the inspired courage that saved many hundreds of Jews and Poles in World War II, the compassion that made her a self-trained doctor to tens of thousands of refugees, the incredible gift that took her close to death in several theatres of war, and the dedication to truth and justice that shone forth in her own books and a lifetime of astonishing heroism.
Subjects: Women journalists, Biography, Women authors, World War, 1939-1945, Jews, Rescue, Women philanthropists, Political refugees, Foreign relations
Places: Australia, Greece, Poland, Soviet Union, Turkey
People: Joice Nankivell Loch (1887-1982)