Amazon is removing a number of racist and neo-Nazi products, including a baby onesie with a photo of a burning cross, from its site following pressure from a Minnesota congressman.

In a letter to Rep. Keith Ellison on Thursday, Amazon's vice president for public policy said the company had reviewed a number of product listings that promoted or glorified 'hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance' and removed the items.

'We permanently blocked the seller accounts that were in violation of Amazon policy. We are reviewing the seller accounts for potential suspension,' Brian Huseman wrote in the letter.

A Minnesota congressman sent Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos a letter in July asking why the company was allowing sellers to post racist propaganda items like this burning cross baby onesie

Rep. Keith Ellison wrote following a report highlighting the racist items and calling out the company for taking a share of the profits. One of the items flagged was a noose car decal

Another image flagged in the report was a 'noose costume'. Amazon said in a letter on Thursday that it had removed the items

A Georgia state flag featuring confederate imagery was also flagged in the report and removed by Amazon

'I am disturbed that such a powerful corporation is materially fueling the rise of hate groups in our country,' Ellison wrote in his letter

Amazon sent the letter to Ellison weeks after he wrote the company's CEO Jeff Bezos saying he was 'alarmed' that items promoting racist propaganda were being sold on the site and the company was taking a share of the sales.

Some of the items including a patch featuring Nazi symbolism, a noose decal for a car, a confederate flag t-shirt and patch gift set, a swastika pendant and a 'noose costume'.

Ellison said in a tweet that he sent the letter after a research paper written by The Action Center on Race & the Economy and Partnership for Working Families found a range of products that promoted violence, racism and white nationalism.

The products, sold by third-party sellers, included clothing, children's toys, car decals and fidget spinners.

'I am disturbed that such a powerful corporation is materially fueling the rise of hate groups in our country,' Ellison wrote in his letter.

Amazon said the items were being sold by third-party sellers and the accounts have since been removed from the site

A Nazi swastika pendant, like the one pictured above, was another item flagged in the report

The items including children's toys, like this Nazi soldier figurine, clothing, jewelry and decals

In Amazon's response, it said the company relies on machine learning to flag or automatically remove products that are inappropriate or violate policies.

'These automated tools are supplemented by teams of investigators that conduct manual, human review of our listings on a basis,' Huseman said, adding that Amazon is still removing the items.

In a statement on Friday, an Amazon spokesman added: 'Sellers are expected to comply with our policies, and we immediately investigate any reported violations. The items referenced by Representative Ellison were previously reviewed, and we removed those that violated our policies well before we received his letter.'

Although Amazon removed the items it said it does not disclose how much it makes off sellers' items and would not reveal how much of a profit it made off the racist propaganda. Pictured above is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

Ellison thanked the company in a tweet on Thursday, writing: 'Thank you Amazon for removing a number of products promoting racist propaganda from your website.'

Amazon, however, has refused to disclose how much money it made off the racist propaganda.

Huseman said in the letter that the company does not reveal its profits from individual publishers or product listings.