Original: Together with his friend Christian Gaudian , Gueffroy attempted on the night of February 5 & ndash ; 6 , 1989 , to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin , along the Britz district canal .
Simplified: Gueffroy and his friend Christian Gaudian tried to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin on the night of February 5 to February 6 , 1989 .