Raimund Titsch is the manager of Julius Madritsch’s uniform factory in Cracow (which becomes part of the Płaszów concentration camp). He is a quiet Austrian Catholic with a limp. He supports Madritsch’s efforts to treat Jewish prisoners more humanely. During his regular chess matches with Commandant Amon Goeth, Titsch learns that it is best if he purposely loses, so that Goeth won’t take out his anger on the prisoners.
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Raimund Titsch Character Timeline in Schindler’s List
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Prologue
...gifts. Schindler does have some affection for two other guests, however: Julius Madritsch and Raimund Titsch. Madritsch owns a uniform factory inside the Płaszów camp, and Titsch is his manager. The...
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Pfefferberg and an orderly named Lisiek are upstairs cleaning Goeth’s bathroom. Madritsch and Titsch drink coffee quickly and leave, with Schindler ready to follow soon after. Though he sometimes...
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Chapter 26
Raimund Titsch is an Austrian Catholic and a WWI veteran who manages Madritsch’s uniform factory. He also...
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The few camp survivors never have anything negative to say about Titsch, but he also never spurred the same sort of reverence that Schindler eventually would. One...
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Chapter 31
...his initial list, which has over a thousand names, including Helen Hirsch. Schindler talks to Titsch, hoping Titsch will be able to convince Madritsch to do something similar.
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...“Płaszów graduation party,” although accounts differ as to where in the camp it took place. Titsch says it was at this event that Madritsch finally told Schindler he wouldn’t be going...
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...of Schindler’s list was due the very same night as the party. To the list, Titsch added the names of almost 70 Madritsch prisoners. At last, Schindler reluctantly stopped him, saying...
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Epilogue
...the first place to honor Schindler, unveiling a plaque for his 53rd birthday. Madritsch and Titsch are among the others with memorial trees in the park.
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