Józef Bernatowicz (born on 10 January 1879 in Jarosław, Podkarpackie voivodship. Son of Anton and Ewa née Buhalska) and Anna Bernatowicz (née Halujko, born 13 July 1879 in Przemyśl, Podkarpackie voivodship. Daughter of Vasyl and Anastasia, née Hamadiuk). During World War II they lived in Lviv (Ukraine). For nine months they sheltered nine Jewish people in their home – Szymon, Lilianna, Rita and Anna Gotesman, Barbara Kampf, Karolina Karol, Szel Fridberg, Marian Neu and Henryk Hauber.