I hear similiair stories from Dutch relatives of mine. The occupying German soldiers (unlike the paramilitaries and police) were no problem. Polite, respectful and they generally left citizens alone (though of course, they weren't exactly popular. Far from it.)

That changed in the last months of the occupation. As the Allied forces pushed further into the German-controlled regions, resources and food became scarce due to being cut off by the Allies. Citizens and soldiers both were hungry, causing lots of unrest. Starving soldiers ended up confiscating food from starving citizens at gunpoint, in the end owning any undeclared item of food became a major crime, sometimes even punishable by death.

The Allies only made it worse. Much, much worse. In 1945, Allied forces only liberated the south and east of the Netherlands, to push forward into Germany. The west, and some pockets in the north, were simply ignored. Food droppings, like these, mostly ended up in the hands of German soldiers instead of citizens. Those lucky enough to gather any food would risk getting shot to death, but they would die of starvation anyway.

When the German forces capitulated, some citizens were genuinely thankful of the Canadian and British forces that entered the cities. But many were more angry at the Allies than at the German soldiers; the Allied forces had been waiting at the frontline for months, doing nothing, while citizens starved to death or died due to the unrest.

In the south and east, they were considered heroes. Elsewhere, some considered them cowards and murderers. In the end, when taking out the victims of the concentration camps, the Allied blockade from late 1944 till early 1945 killed more Dutchmen than the German military forces from 1940-1945...