Hundreds of Polish protesters demonstrated against the influx of Syrian migrants in front of city hall in the southwestern city of Wroclaw on Wednesday – by burning an effigy of an Orthodox Jew.

The figure was replete with traditional peot sidelocks and wore a black hat, reports the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza, but making the incident all the more ironic is the fact that the city was chosen as the European Capital of Culture (ECC) for 2016, along with Basque’s San Sebastian.

The protest was organized by the National-Radical Camp (ONR) and All-Polish Youth, according to JTA, which noted the effigy was holding an EU flag, which was likely meant to air anti-Semitic conspiracies of Jewish control.

Participants chanted “United Catholic Poland! National Radicalism!,” according to the report.

Behind the protest are fears that Muslim migrants are actually Islamic terrorists in disguise, a very real concern given that at least one of the terrorists in Saturday’s lethal Islamic State (ISIS) Paris attacks that left 129 dead entered Europe as a “refugee.”

Poland has decided to take in 5,000 migrants from the Middle East.

Reportedly no formal complaints were submitted against any of the protesters, with police allowing the demonstration to take place.

As noted, the incident is made the more remarkable given that the city won the title of European Capital of Culture, and will launch a yearlong series of cultural festivities starting in mid January.

“This is one of the biggest events in the city’s post-war history,” said Wroclaw mayor Rafał Dutkiewicz at a press conference on Thursday, according to Radio Poland.

Over the course of 2016, Wroclaw is to hold over 1,000 artistic events in fields spanning from architecture, cinematography, literature, music, visual arts, theater and opera. The project will cost a total of 300 million Polish zloty ($75.7 million).