East Berlin, Suitner was married to Marita Wilckens (1924–2008), daughter of the composer FriedrichWilckens [de]. In 1965 he became acquainted with the
Grosz, Karol Rathaus, Joseph Rosenstock, Max Brand (composer) [de], FriedrichWilckens [de], Paul Pisk and Jascha Horenstein. Thereafter he worked as a choir
Magdalena Wilcken, a gifted soprano and daughter of the court trumpeter of Prince Saxe-Weissenfels. They had 13 children, of whom Johann Christoph Friedrich (the