"He had a very long life, more than a hundred years, and the memory he left in the north of the massif is a measure of…"

"This local social history remains to be done, and that's kind of the point of this book."

"Baptiste introduced milling to the Aurès, he built mills, he discovered an archaeological cave that bears his name."

"His memory survives in the north of the massif but hardly any further."

"I worked for twenty years in this region, mainly in the south, without ever hearing a local mountaineer spontaneously…"

"Those who knew him, in the north, are now between 70 and 80 years old, so I was ultimately lucky and also helped by y…"

"I am not talking here about the researchers, to the extreme modesty, the simplicity of the character, his self-effaci…"

"There is also talk of his son, Chérif, of whom we do not know for sure whether his mother is Chaouia or Italian."

"His mother was indeed Chaouia but he does not have the same aura because his life was rather deviant with regard to l…"

"I think he wasn't unique and that over the years, we'll find lots of Baptistes in various regions of the country."