Berlin  - Germany's largest Jewish organization called Wednesday for the youth organization Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend (HDJ) to be banned, saying it propagated Nazi ideas.

The Central Council of Jews in Germany accused the organization, whose name translates as "patriotic German youth," of using its camps to promote ideas in conflict with the German constitution.

German police raided a camp held by the organization in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania last Friday, finding swastikas and other right-wing materials.

"Children were wearing uniforms and were introduced to the symbols and ideologies of the Nazi period without any historical context, in much the same way that the Hitler Youth (HJ) was at the time," Charlotte Knobloch, the president of the council said.

This should not be allowed in Germany or anywhere else, Knobloch said, adding that she had no doubt that the HDJ activities were unconstitutional.

The mass-circulation Bild newspaper reported Wednesday that the Interior Ministry was looking into banning the organization.

The organization's website could not be accessed Wednesday. (dpa)