Georg August Eduard von Schnitzler (29 October 1884 – 24 May 1962) was a German nobleman, member of the board at IG Farben and a Nazi war criminal.

Schnitzler's work on the building committee for the construction of the new IG Farben headquarters and forging of a competition, won by Hans Poelzig, earned him qualified experience to fulfill the national role in Spain.

[2] He had recently represented the company at a summit of leading German industrialists organised by Hjalmar Schacht and addressed by Adolf Hitler and had been impressed by the Nazi leader.

The scheme, which was eventually directed by Max Ilgner, played a central role in gaining ethnic German support for the annexation of the Sudetenland and the destruction of Czechoslovakia.

[7] He was also aware of the projected invasion of Poland during the summer of 1939 after being told of the plans by his friend Claus Ungewitter, an official in the Economics Ministry and an associate of leading figures in the Schutzstaffel.

[8] Following the invasion of Poland, Schnitzler was sent into the country as the leader of an IG Farben delegation and in this role he ensured that a number of important Polish chemical factories came under the company's control.

[2] According to Diarmuid Jeffreys, Schnitzler was around this time also made aware of the "Final Solution" after his friend Martin Müller-Cunradi had told him about it following a visit to Buna Werke in 1943.

[13] In the questioning following his arrest, Schnitzler admitted to some "mistakes" on his part and agreed that IG Farben as a company had played a central role in the growth of Hitler and his arming of Germany.