I have no way of knowing, but suspect that to the average German of the era the home guard did not seem to talk with funny accents and slink around spouting comic opera commands- rather, they were just regular people, just like the average German, perceived as just doing their job. And trying to protect them all from what was perceived as an insidious enemy.

That the citizens had to produce papers and restrict their movements to directives of these officials of a democratically-elected government was something suffered for the greater good.

I'm not saying I support the analogy, but I suspect that's the viewpoint of some that are making it.