Josef Schleich (1902 – 7 February 1949) was an Austrian who smuggled Jews across the border to Yugoslavia during the time of National Socialism.
He was a poultry farm owner, and, until Germany's annexation of Austria in 1938 (the Anschluss), he also smuggled flints and saccharin to Yugoslavia.
Schleich taught farming and issued certifications of this training to Jews to help them emigrate.
Before the start of the Balkans campaign his activity was tolerated by the Nazi authorities, but on 12 March 1941 Schleich and his colleagues were arrested and his business was ended.
He was sentenced to ten months in prison and afterwards drafted to the "Wehrmacht" (armed forces of Germany).