John Malget

John Malget was born in Luxembourg.

Fernand Van Neylen

Fernand Van Neylen worked on the Lapland in February 1922.

Carl Kay

In December 1930, Carl Kay travelled by train from Kansas City to the port of New York. He was a musician who played bass in Fischer’s Exposition Orchestra.

Walter Pittoors

Walter Pittoors was the ship’s printer on various world cruises on the Belgenland.

Roland Fenner

Roland Fenner travelled as a passenger on the Belgenland world tour in 1927-1928.

George Karcher

George Karcher worked as a cadet on the Belgenland.

The Film 'Only One New York'

In 1963 Jan Yoors and the French film director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau made the film Only One New York. Gaisseau won the first Oscar for a documentary in 1961 with the film Le Ciel et la Boue. The film documents a Franco-Dutch expedition through Dutch New Guinea. It focuses on tribes of cannibals.

The tapestries

In 1947 Jan Yoors visited the successful exhibition ‘La tapisserie Française du moyen age à nos jours’, which was on display for the first time in Paris. Yoors became fascinated by tapestry weaving.

The origin of Jan Yoors: Eugène Yoors and Magda Peeters

The influence of Eugène Yoors and Magda Peeters on the life and work of their son should not be underestimated.

Jan Yoors in his own words

The books that Yoors published are not the only source for those who want to read Yoors’ own words about his life and work.