Original: Chris Gueffroy ( June 21 , 1968 , Pasewalk , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern & ndash ; February 6 , 1989 ) was the last person to be shot while trying to escape to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall .
Simplified: Chris Gueffroy ( June 21 , 1968 & ndash ; February 6 , 1989 ) was the last person to die while trying to escape across the Berlin Wall .