Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Heck a Flensburg, Jamus kuma ya girma a Hamburg. A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1943, sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara biyar, ya soma ashar sa'ad da ya makale a ƙarƙashin matakala bayan wani harin bom da Biritaniya ta kai da daddare
a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. 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.