A small group of neo-Nazis held a ceremony outside a shopping mall, sparking a protest by angry neighbors in response.

The neo-Nazis, five men and one woman, were marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell in Arlington, Virginia, around noon on Friday.

The small group fit into a single parking spot at the Dominion Hills Shopping Center, where 50 years previously, on August 25, 1967, a disgruntled fellow Nazi shot and killed Rockwell.

A small group of neo-Nazis, five men and one woman, gathered on Friday around noon outside the Dominion Hills Shopping Center in Arlington, Virginia. They gathered and did a Nazi salute to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell, who was shot dead by a disgruntled fellow Nazi in 1967

Matt Garcia, who was getting his hair cut at the shopping center when he saw the group assemble with their Nazi flag and wreath, took a picture of the small ceremony.

In the picture, one of the men holds the flag with a swastika emblazoned on it while the others held their arms up for a Nazi salute.

'I was shocked and surprised. Definitely it was disturbing see,' Garcia told WJLA.

'First thing I noticed was the Nazi flag. After a minute or two I saw them doing the salute. That’s when I said, "You know what? Let me just take a picture of this just so I have it documented what’s going on".'

Matt Garcia, who was getting his hair cut at the shopping center when he saw the group assemble with their Nazi flag and wreath, took a picture of the small ceremony and within hours dozens of neighbors came out to the shopping center to condemn the Nazi gathering

They gathered around the shopping center and held up signs that read 'Choose Love' and 'United Against Hate' to drivers passing by

In a matter of hours after seeing the picture, dozens of neighbors came out to condemn the Nazi gathering.

They gathered around the shopping center and held up signs that read 'Choose Love' and 'United Against Hate' to drivers passing by.

'I can't say that I've felt rage much in the last 10 years, but I felt rage today,' one woman told WJLA.

To the group who gathered, another person said: 'I can't believe we even have to contemplate this stuff. I mean this is just pathetic.'

One woman said: 'I can't say that I've felt rage much in the last 10 years, but I felt rage today'