Jakob Weis

Pastor Dr. Jakob Weis, 1930
Cover of Weis's memoirs (1917)
Jakob Weis as a divisional pastor in Romania, 1917
Title page of Weis's expanded version of his memoirs, stating that the proceeds will go to charity.

Jakob Weis (13 May 1879, Ommersheim, Saarpfalz – 18 March 1948, Zweibrücken) was a priest in the Diocese of Speyer, who also worked as a prison chaplain. During the First World War he became the army chaplain to the 12th Bavarian Infantry Division and Catholic pastoral care advisor to the Armee-Oberkommando Mackensen. From 1918 to 1920 he voluntarily joined soldiers in their internment so as to continue his pastoral care.