Henri-Louis Cadot, Mémoire transmise

It's a simple notebook, black, as big as a hand. From hand to hand, from father to son, from son to nephew, it remains preserved in our family. Henri-Louis Cadot kept a Road Book throughout his military service, from 1915 to 1919. First, we imagine this book hidden in the bottom of a pocket in violent hours, in mud, gas, fury. Its excellent state of preservation, the regular and neat writing that …