Interestingly, the GDR continued to propagate the myth of "Innocent Dresden" (major logistics hub) to show how barbaric the imperialist West was.

I mean, Dresden was one of the harder-hit cities, because it was a rare instance when American and British Bomber Command (and, while not participating directly, at the behest of the Soviet Union) agreed on a single target in the same time period. There were only a handful of other coordinated raids of that scale in the war.

Fun fact: A good part of the relatively high casualty rate resulting from the raid on Dresden was caused by the utter lack of preparedness of Dresden's administration. I think I vaguely recall some Nazi official preferring to use funds meant for building air raid shelters and other precautions to enhance his personal lifestyle, because his shining example of a Nazi model city surely wouldn't be bombed, also who gives a fuck about the population anyway?