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.