by Prof. Arno Mohr around 1948 (Private archive)
Eva Herbig: Visit to the Studio: Helena Scigala
in: Ilse Ploog (Editor):
The Magic Chest. An Almanac for Young Girls, Berlin 1965 (Volume 11), pp. 97-103, p. 102:
[…] here leads a direct path to the portrait of Anne Frank, one of Helena Scigala's most well-known woodcuts. It is again characterized by the deep compassion of the artist, who intensively immersed herself in all literary sources and testimonies to form a mental image, before transforming it into a visually tangible work. She approaches her book illustrations in a similar way, which is perhaps why they appear just as immediate as her individual prints.
Book Illustrations (Selected Motifs)
Müller, Winfried: nameless.
A narrative. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1959 (Cover design and four text illustrations: woodcuts)
Dick, Gerhard (Editor): Guardian of Life.
A women's book. Morning Publisher, Berlin 1960 (Dust jacket: Mother and Child, chalk drawing)
Schwarz, Lisa: Ship Without Anchor.
Novel. Publisher of the Nation, Berlin 1960 (Dust jacket and cover design: ink drawings)
Chapuis, Samuel: Christ Passed By.
Union Publisher, Berlin 1961 (seven text illustrations: ink drawings)
Deicke, Günther (Editor): Love is Just Beginning.
Poems from our days, with 20 graphics by various artists. Publisher of the Nation, Berlin 1961 (Self-portrait, etching) [From the circle of previously known companions of Helena Scigala, the following are also represented with works in the edition: Lea Grundig, Waldemar Grzimek, Arno Mohr, and Herbert Tucholski. As the Publisher of the Nation informed Helena Scigala in a letter dated March 31, 1962, the publication was awarded in January 1962 by being included in the category of the "most beautiful books of 1961" in the GDR.]
Michel-Wagner, Erika: Where is Ruth?
Stories. Publisher of the Nation, Berlin 1961 (Dust jacket, cover design and 11 text illustrations: woodcuts)
Neubauer, Barbara (Editor): Maternal Love. Mother and Child in the Mirror of German Poetry from Eight Centuries.
Publisher of the Nation, Berlin 1964 (Algerian Mother, chalk drawing) [From the circle of previously known companions of Helena Scigala, the following are also represented with works in the edition: Lea Grundig, Doris Kahane, and René Graetz]
Müller, Winfried: Variations of the Handless.
Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1971 (Dust jacket, cover design and five text illustrations: linocuts)
Hildebrandt, Jörg (Editor): Christmas Conversation.
Variations of an old theme. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1973, 1st edition (with the reproduction of a 12-part woodcut cycle from 1972); Berlin 1984, 2nd unchanged edition
Bongardt, Ilse (Editor): Then Came the Light of Mankind.
A book for Christmas. Union Publisher, Berlin 1979 (for Tikhonov, Nikolai: A New Human, pp. 31-34, text illustration: linocut).
