"Time Machine" is a show that creates documentaries about historical events and people. It also presents tributes to artists and journalistic investigations on social issues that have strongly concerned Greek society in the past.

Eighty-two years after the Battle of Crete, the "Time Machine" seeks the blood-stained traces of Vermacht and presents the true story of the civilians of Chania, whose last moments before being killed by the gunfire of the German execution squad were captured by the camera lens.

The massacre in Kontomari was, until a few years ago, an unknown crime of the occupying army, revealed after the documentation of a military photographer's film. This photographer followed the fateful German unit that took part in the deadly Battle of Maleme and then entered Kontomari to hunt down New Zealand soldiers and Cretan fighters.

However, the order given by the German commander was different: the execution of all the men in the village as reprisals for the death of his fellow soldiers.

After three years of research, the "Time Machine" presents the testimonies of those who lived through the events. Among the testimonies, Christos Papadakis stands out. He survived the execution because he stepped out of the death line at the last moment.

Two paratroopers, Erwin Kurkovsky and Emrich Gottfried, who fought in Maleme, provide the German version of the events. Revealing is the story told by New Zealand Lieutenant Colonel Haddon Vivian Daldor, who describes how he shot down an airplane with German soldiers outside Kontomari.

Through documents, the tragic story of the war unfolds, along with the endless cycle of bloodshed and reprisals, which began with rumors and allegations of mistreatment of German prisoners and mutilation of paratroopers by civilians. However, German Wing Commander Stundent did not await the findings of the medical examiners but hastened to seek annihilation and death.

This episode also features the eyewitnesses of the events: Vasilis Papadakis, Ioannis Apostolakis, Aristides Vlazakis, Maria Angelis, Dimitris Seiradakis, and Thanasis Giakoumakis (a survivor of the execution in Tavronitis).

Furthermore, Manolis Glezos, Mayor Giannis Malandrakis of Platanias, journalist Kostas Papapetrou, former president of the Network of Martyr Cities Eftychios Daskalakis, president of the Network of Youth of Martyr Cities Charalambos Daskalakis, author and historical researcher Penelope Doudoulaki, special collaborator of the General State Archives Zacharenia Simandiraki, History professor Antonis Sanoudakis, historian Nikos Giannopoulos, author and historical researcher Elias Philippidis, New Zealand Brigadier Sandy Thomas, and British Jim Miller share their insights.