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<i>"The little community of exiles took with a passion to board and
card games, Chess was played most often, but also Monopoly, which
was patented in 1936, table billiards, poker and 66 (a card game),
Eisler is the uncrowned king of 66', announced Steffin, and Helene
Weigel wrote to Benjamin:</i><i> </i><i>I whould like to know how
you are, and if you are able to play 66 with anyone...</i><i>"</i><i><br>
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Walter Benjamin:<br>
<i>'To begin with the most important thing: I have no one with whom
to play 66. People here are much too cultured to play cards.'</i><i><br>
</i>pg. 58<br>
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uit: Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht, The story of a friendship.
(Yale University Press, 2009)<br>
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