Editing Geoffrey Pyke (section)

=== Work against antisemitism ===

In 1934, Pyke opposed the wave of antisemitism in [[Nazi Germany]], citing humanitarian reasons. Pyke campaigned for Christian leaders to make simultaneous public statements condemning the Nazis, raising money to set up an organisation to combat anti-Semitism. He wrote a number of magazine articles on the irrationality of prejudice and started work on a book.{{sfn|Lampe|1959|pp=61–63}} In his published letters and articles, Pyke insisted that it was necessary to collect data and this struck a chord with other thinkers who would – giving full credit for the germ of an idea to Pyke – go on to establish the [[Mass Observation]] project that set out to document the lives of ordinary Britons.{{sfn|Hemming|2014|pp=168–171}}