An Adelaide Jewish leader is calling for stronger hate crime laws, following a wave of pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic posters and stickers appearing around the city, including on university campuses and at a local synagogue.

Some of the material is directly linked to white power group Antipodean Resistance and features images of swastikas, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and offensive depictions of Jewish people.

An image of Hitler saluting was reportedly stuck to a stobie pole on Carrington Street, with sightings of others in the same vicinity.

This poster reportedly appeared at an Adelaide university campus. ( Imgur )

Antipodean Resistance flyers have also been circulating on university campuses in Adelaide.

"They tend to put sharp objects behind their posters and stickers so take care if you're ripping them down," one user on social media site Reddit wrote.

Chairman of the Jewish Community Council of South Australia, Norman Schueler, said a sign outside a local synagogue was recently defaced with racist posters, apparently to mark the occasion of Hitler's birthday on April 20.

"It's very concerning, in fact revolting," Mr Schueler said.

"I feel particularly for any Holocaust survivors who happen to live in Adelaide. Were they to see this on the stobie pole, it would evoke such horrific memories for them.

"A very strong concern is that our laws regarding incitement to violence … are not adequate to prosecute. We may have laws on the statute books but they don't seem to be strong enough."

Student leaders combating fascism on campus

Similar examples of neo-Nazi material have been reported at universities interstate, including in Tasmania.

Mr Schueler expressed alarm at a rise in anti-Semitic activities in Adelaide in recent times.

This sticker of Hitler giving a Nazi salute was spotted on Carrington Street. ( Reddit: babyscissors )

"In the last six or 12 months, it has changed here in South Australia. It is directly linked to Antipodean Resistance," he said.

"Antipodean Resistance is recruiting people to their ideology. It is reminiscent of the 1930s in Germany. What is popularising this in today's world? I can't understand."

The University of South Australia Student Association discussed the issue at its March board meeting.

It said it was aware of a push to promote neo-Nazi ideology among students since the start of the year.

"Certainly we've seen on all four UniSA metropolitan campuses stickers and posters with Nazi imagery and racist slogans," association president Jordan Mumford said.

"Over the last couple of weeks it has ramped up a little bit."

Mr Mumford said he had been in touch with his counterparts at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University to come up with ways of combating the spread of the material.

"I would like to think, given uni students are pursuing higher education, they wouldn't gravitate towards these intolerant views."