The Auschwitz Memorial has criticised social media platform Twitter for failing to remove an antisemitic post on the site which called for Jews to 'burn in hell'.

The memorial, which preserves the site of the death camp set up by Nazi Germany during World War Two, had reported the antisemitic message on the site which also called Jews 'vermin'.

The controversial post read: "Still about those disgusting Jews. Sad that no one talks about the 80 million victims of the second war, they are probably 'worse' than this Jewish vermin. May they burn in hell, phooey."

Posting screenshots of the post on Twitter, the memorial wrote: “Leaving such language unchecked perpetuates the cycle of hatred and reinforces the idea that such hateful language is acceptable on this platform.”

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The memorial posted screenshots of the post and what it said was Twitter's reply to its complaint (Photo: Getty)

The memorial also posted what it said was Twitter's reply to its complaint which stated the post did not violate the platform's rules.

The response said: “After reviewing the available information, we determined there were no violations of the Twitter rules in the content you reported.” 

The post was later deleted by the account owner. 

More than 1 million people, most of them Jews, perished at the Auschwitz camp in gas chambers or from starvation, cold and disease. 

Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe.

Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi death camp

Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi death camp (Photo: Getty Images)

Twitter owner Elon Musk has described himself as a free speech absolutist. However, many critics have said his approach is irresponsible. 

Researchers have found an increase in hate speech and antisemitic content on the platform since he took over, and some governments have accused the company of not doing enough to moderate its content.

Twitter did not immediately reply to a request for comment.