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I thought the same. However I thought that maybe he left the town much, much earlier than the 1940's so maybe there weren't so many people back then. However, after googling I could see that already around year 1700 there were an estimated 40.000 citizens. So the village thing is a bit weird.
Dresden is not a village, it's a city. And actually also the capital of the bundesland ( State) of saxony. Fun fact: when east and west germany were stil a thing, alot of east germans watched west germanys tv shows besided thee people in dresdnen because they couldnd get the signal.