Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Heck akaberekerwa muFlensburg, kuGermany uye akakurira muHamburg. Muna April 1943, paakanga ava namakore mashanu okukura, akatanga kun'un'una pashure pokuva akabatwa pasi pesitepisi pashure pokunge vaBritain vapedza usiku hwose
kurwisa mabhomba muHondo Yenyika II. Kutaura kwacho kwakapera pashure pokunge awana rovedzo mukuimba kwechinyakare pazera ramakore 16. Pashure pokupedza "Mittelschule" (chikoro chepakati) uye "Oberschule" (chikoro chesekondari) akawana dzidzo se "Technischer Kaufmann" (mutengesi wehunyanzvi) naBorgward muHamburg uye akazoshanda semutengesi. Akasiya kambani yacho pashure pemakore mana.