LONDON (EJP)---Max Mosley was under pressure to resign as boss of Formula One’s governing body Monday after he was exposed enjoying a Nazi-style orgy with five prostitutes, the British press reported.

Jewish groups have condemned the behavior of Mosley, 67, whose father, Oswald Mosley, was the leader of the British Union of Fascists and a friend of Adolf Hitler who attended his marriage in the home of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.  

According to the Times, Mosley was caught on video by the News of the World with five women in an underground "torture chamber" in London where he spent several hours allegedly indulging in sado-masochistic sex.

In the video, Mosley, who is president of FIA, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, reenacted a concentration camp scene in which he played the role of both guard and inmate.

Speaking in German and brandishing a leather whip, he beat the women after allowing himself to be subjected to a humiliating inspection for lice and an interrogation in chains.

Mosley reportedly paid 2,500 pounds (around 3,141 euros) cash for the sex services, the press said.

"This is sick and depraved," Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET), was quoted as saying. "For anyone to be in such a position of influence and power beggars belief. I am absolutely appalled."

HET was established in 1988 with the aim to educate young people from every background about the Holocaust and the important lessons to be learned for today

Stephen Smith, director of the Holocaust Centre, said: "As Mr Mosley has condemned the racism in motor sport he should live up to the standards he sets. This is an insult to millions of victims, survivors and their families. He should apologize. He should resign from the sport."

Former world champion racing driver Sir Stirling Moss, whose father was Jewish, declared: "I don’t see how he can continue. I hope he can, frankly, because I think he’s very good at what he does. I suppose what goes on behind closed doors is his business but when a thing comes out like this it’s an absolute shocker.”

Bernie Ecclestone, who holds the commercial rights to Formula One, ruled out the possibility that Mosley's actions had any Nazi overtones. "Knowing Max it might be all a bit of a joke rather than anything against Jewish people," he said.

Mosley, who lives in Monaco, is pursuing legal action against the News of The World for breach of privacy. His spokesman declined any comment on the matter.