Jan Ruff O'Herne is dead but her legacy lives on.

jan ruff o'herne died at 90 plus

Source: Wikimedia

Jan Ruff O'Herne wrote a book, received a knighthood from The Netherlands as well as the Order of Australia because she spoke up against sex slavery 50 years after it happened to her in a Japanese camp in Indonesia.



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