The Secrets of the Resistance Movements in the Netherlands

The dutch under german occupation managed to govern themselves using a parallel system to the official one. Ration cards were stolen where possible, but when enough could not be stolen, they were secretly printed. Control of underground rationing was pretty well as strict as if the system were run with all the weight and sanction of government for most of the dutch. They recognized, though the orders of the german controlled administration were obeyed when there was no alternative.