Kontomari has been designated as a martyred village, as on June 2, 1941, during the Battle of Crete, Germans executed 24 male villagers as reprisals for the resistance they had shown on May 20, when German paratroopers landed southeast of Maleme to capture Crete.

The massacre was documented by the photographic lens of war correspondent Weixler, who accompanied the unit on behalf of the German army's propaganda. The negatives of the photographs were discovered in 1980 (after 39 years) in the Federal German Archives by Greek journalist Vassos Mathiopoulos.

At the village center stands the Monument to the Fallen, serving as a reminder to visitors of the execution of the male villagers by the German Nazis.

Photos/Information: Cultural Association of Kontomari