Ka cika wannan jumla: An haifi Heck a Flensburg, Jamus kuma ya girma a Hamburg. A watan Afrilu na shekarar 1943, lokacin da yake dan shekara biyar, ya fara yin taurin kai bayan ya makale a karkashin wani matakala bayan wani jirgin saman Birtaniya da ya tashi da dare
harin bam a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Ya daina ciwo ne bayan ya yi karatun waƙa sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 16. Bayan kammala "Mittelschule" (makarantar sakandare) da "Oberschule" (babbar makarantar sakandare) an horar da shi a matsayin "Technischer Kaufmann" (mai siyar da fasaha) ta Borgward a Hamburg kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai siyarwa. Ya bar kamfanin bayan shekaru hudu.