Bernhard Schottländer (1895–1920) was a German socialist politician and journalist. Schottländer grew up in one of the richest Jewish families in Breslau (present-day Wrocław in Poland). His family shielded him during his childhood, as he was sickly and had trouble walking. He was constantly accompanied by a private tutor. In secondary school Schottländer was a schoolmate of Norbert Elias. Schottländer was drafted to military service in the First World War in spite of his weak physical state. He stayed at the same barrack as Ernst Toller in Heidelberg for a period.