Dresden of the population was female. the mean age of the population was 43 years, which is the lowest among the urban districts in Saxony. there were 34,7277 people with a migration background (6.3% of the population, down from 8.7% in 2013), and about half, 25,224 or about 3.6% of all Dresden citizens were foreigners. This percentage is down from 4.7% in 2013. Dresden is one of Germany's 16 political centres and the capital of Saxony. It has institutions of democratic local self-administration that are independent from the capital functions. Some local affairs of Dresden receive national attention. Dresden hosted some
Dresden garrison. During the Nazi era from 1933 to 1945, the Jewish community of Dresden was reduced from over 6,000 (7,100 people were persecuted as Jews) to 41, as a result of emigration and murders. Non-Jews were also targeted, and over 1,300 people were executed by the Nazis at the Münchner Platz, a courthouse in Dresden, including labour leaders, undesirables, resistance fighters and anyone caught listening to foreign radio broadcasts. The bombing stopped prisoners who were busy digging a large hole into which an additional 4,000 prisoners were to be disposed of. Dresden in the 20th century was a major communications