Józef (born 25 May 1905) and Eleonora (born 31 March 1912) Baran lived in Horodyszcze (Ukraine) during World War II. Parents of two children. They hid and helped the Jewish Kranz family. Józef passed away on 25 December 1983.

Józef and Eleonora Baran were awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations in 1994.