Melbourne: A group of neo-Nazi activists publicly celebrated Adolf Hitler's birthday in Melbourne, triggering widespread criticism around the world. Social media criticised the event, saying it sends a dangerous message to the world.

The group made a booking under a false name at The Hof Downtown in Melbourne's Docklands, according to the Herald Sun. However, once at their seats, the group didn't mind taking photographs of themselves dining, drinking, and showing off Nazi salutes.

The group cut a cake, adorned with a swastika and a picture of the brutal dictator responsible for the Holocaust.

The police were called in, once the staff at the Bavarian restaurant realised what the group was celebrating, however the neo-Nazis had already paid their bill and were leaving.

The group has been condemned for their vile birthday celebration, with chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission Dvir Abramovich lambasting the group for their actions.

"Looking at those images one could think they were taken at a tavern in Nazi Germany of the 1930s, not in Melbourne 2022,” Dr. Abramovich told.

The Hof Group managing director Marcel Moodley revealed he took the incident very personally.

"I am a non-white individual originally from South Africa and was subject to the atrocities of the apartheid system," he said in a statement.

"We are also deeply horrified and saddened that this exists in the modern day in a beautiful free country we all get to call home."

Moodley claimed the group of more than 20 men and women hid the cake and photo of Hitler from staff. Had the Hof employees seen them before, they 'would have acted directly'.

The co-owner added: "We did not know about the intentions of that specific group, nor did we want them in our venue."

The amount of bill paid by the neo-Nazi group will now be donated to a local charity as a gesture to condemn the group's racist views.