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: In September 1989 Gaudian was freed on bail by the East German government and on October 17 1989 he was transferred to West Berlin .