The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect has demanded an apology from Donald Trump after he compared the US to Nazi Germany on Wednesday while responding to questions about a dossier that allegedly contains compromising information.

Steven Goldstein, the executive director of the center, called it a 'despicable insult to Holocaust survivors' after the president-elect mentioned the Third Reich on Twitter and repeated the comparison during his press conference.

The billionaire, who is nine days away from his inauguration, accused intelligence agencies for leaking the dossier, which was said to have been put together by a former British counter-intelligence official from the UK as part of opposition research.

'That's something that Nazi Germany would have done and did do,' he told reporters in Manhattan.

He also tweeted: 'Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to 'leak' into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?'

Trump accused intelligence agencies for leaking the unverified dossier of damaging allegations about him, saying: 'That's something that Nazi Germany would have done'

Steven Goldstein, the executive director of the Anne Frank Center, called it a 'despicable insult to Holocaust survivors' after Trump invoked the Third Reich on Twitter

The non-profit organization also started a Change.org petition demanding the president elect renounce his tweet and apologize

Trump has lashed out at intelligence agencies after they concluded that Russia interfered in the US presidential election with the goal of seeing the business tycoon elected.

He escalated the fight and pointed fingers at the US intelligence agencies on Wednesday, accusing them of practices reminiscent of Nazi Germany after the compromising dossier was leaked.

'I think it was disgraceful, disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out.

The organization was established by Frank's father , whose vision was to 'build a world based on equal rights and mutual respect'

'I think it's a disgrace, and I say that ... that's something that Nazi Germany would have done and did do,' Trump told a news conference in New York.

Trump's comparison was slammed by the Anne Frank Center's executive director Steven Goldstein, who demanded an apology from the president elect.

'It is a despicable insult to Holocaust survivors around the world and to the nation he is about to lead, that Donald Trump compares America to Nazi Germany,' Goldstein said.

'The president-elect has denigrated our nation and its commitment to freedom on the eve of his inauguration. He must retract his tweet and apologize to survivors and to our entire nation.'

The organization was established in 1959 by Frank's father Otto Frank, whose vision was to 'build a world based on equal rights and mutual respect'.

Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League also called it 'an inappropriate comparison'.

'There are legitimate questions on all sides regarding foreign influence in the 2016 presidential race,' he said in a statement on Wednesday.

'But the United States has democratic elections, a free press, rule of law and a civil service - including our intelligence agencies - that is deeply loyal to the U.S. Constitution.

'These facts invalidate any analogies between America and totalitarian societies.'